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Case Reports
. 1987 Apr;80(4):534-5.
doi: 10.1097/00007611-198704000-00034.

Pneumococcal vertebral osteomyelitis in an adult

M S Gelfand, J H Miller
Case Reports

Pneumococcal vertebral osteomyelitis in an adult

M S Gelfand et al. South Med J. 1987 Apr.

Abstract

We have presented the case of an adult with a chronic and indolent pneumococcal vertebral osteomyelitis, mimicking a malignancy and making diagnosis difficult. The increased frequency of relatively penicillin-resistant strains of pneumococci necessitates susceptibility testing and complicates the selection of antibiotic therapy for serious pneumococcal infections.

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