A rare case of embolic spondylo-discitis after treatment of aortic valve endocarditis
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A rare case of embolic spondylo-discitis after treatment of aortic valve endocarditis
BACKGROUND Infective Endocarditis is associated with a high incidence of embolic events, commonly involving the central nervous system, spleen, kidney, lungs, heart and eyes. CASE PRESENTATION We report a case of infective endocarditis with late embolization to the L5/S1 region of the spine leading to spondylo-discitis. The disc space infection presented ten days after completion of antibioti...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Cases Journal
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1757-1626
DOI: 10.1186/1757-1626-1-261