Fever subsided soon after surgery and the patient continued antibiotics and remained free of fever at a 1-year follow-up. It can be challenging to diagnose vertebral osteomyelitis below injury levels in SCI patients. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

In addition, there may be neurologic findings with radicular, meningeal or spinal-cord involvement. 1-3 The patient also may present with general fatigue, malaise and weight loss, and the back pain may be acute or chronic in nature. [dynamicchiropractic.com]

If any constitutional findings (eg, fever, malaise, weight loss) persist or if large areas of bone are destroyed, necrotic tissue is debrided surgically. [merckmanuals.com]

In these cases, symptoms were nonspecific, including back pain, fevers, productive cough, malaise, weight loss, and weakness. [journals.lww.com]

We report a 4-year-old boy with chronic cough and kyphosis, who had a fungal vertebral osteomyelitis and Acinetobacter spp. paravertebral soft tissue infection related to X-linked chronic granulomatous disease. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

In differential diagnosis of vertebral osteomyelitis, consumption of unpasteurized cheese, dealing with husbandry, sweating, arthralgia, hepatomegaly, elevated alanine transaminase, and lumbar involvement in magnetic resonance imaging were found to be [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Despite persisting back pain, no recurrence of infection was seen at 3 years of follow-up. Lemierre syndrome and an extensive thoracolumbosacral vertebral osteomyelitis are rare but serious infections. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

A 65-year-old man presented with gradually exacerbating low back pain. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed vertebral osteomyelitis in the Th11-L2 vertebral bodies and discs. The patient showed negative findings on conventional cultures. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Case 2 is a 68-year-old woman who presented with upper back pain. Spine MRI revealed multiple lesions at T9-T12, L2, L4, and L5. Her back pain worsened, and repeated MRI revealed extensive bone lesions. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Case 2 is a 68-year-old woman who presented with upper back pain. Spine MRI revealed multiple lesions at T9–T12, L2, L4, and L5. Her back pain worsened, and repeated MRI revealed extensive bone lesions. [link.springer.com]

Vertebral osteomyelitis causes localized back pain and tenderness with paravertebral muscle spasm that is unresponsive to conservative treatment. [merckmanuals.com]

- h/o of unremmiting spine pain at any level is characteristic, & tenderness, spasm, and loss of motion are seen; - initially onset of pain may be insidious; - w/ time, pain may be so severe that jarring the bed may be agonizing; - pain restricts ROM [wheelessonline.com]

Fungal vertebral osteomyelitis due to Scedosporium apiospermum (S. apiospermum) is extremely rare. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Mycobacterium chelonae is a rapidly growing mycobacterium (RGM) in Runyon group IV. This group includes all other nontuberculous mycobacterium (NTM) except the mycobacterium tuberculosis complex. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]