An 11-Year-Old Male With Vertebral Osteomyelitis and a Paraspinal Abscess

Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2018 Dec;37(12):e341-e343. doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000002013.

Abstract

We report the case of an 11-year-old immunocompetent patient presenting with a 2-week history of upper back pain, diagnosed with thoracic vertebral osteomyelitis and a paraspinal abscess caused by Bartonella henselae. He was treated with gentamicin and doxycycline followed by oral rifampicin and doxycycline with favorable outcome.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • Back Pain / etiology
  • Bartonella henselae
  • Cat-Scratch Disease / complications
  • Cat-Scratch Disease / diagnosis*
  • Cat-Scratch Disease / drug therapy
  • Child
  • Doxycycline / therapeutic use
  • Epidural Abscess / complications
  • Epidural Abscess / diagnosis*
  • Epidural Abscess / drug therapy
  • Gentamicins / therapeutic use
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Osteomyelitis / diagnosis*
  • Osteomyelitis / drug therapy
  • Osteomyelitis / etiology
  • Thoracic Vertebrae / pathology

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Gentamicins
  • Doxycycline