Fernando González González, Arturo Aguirre Madrid, Dizán Mendoza Pedroza, Abelardo Loya Solis, Fernando Hernández Aragon, Nadia Karina Portillo Ortiz, Edmundo Berumen Nafarrate
Spondylodiscitis is an uncommon infectious disease of the spine, usually presenting in 1 or 2 contiguous levels, associated with risk factors such as diabetes, intravenous drugs, corticosteroids, and invasive procedures. The most common presentation is pain with nonspecific systemic manifestations. Diagnosis relies on clinical suspicion, laboratories, and imaging studies. Urgent treatment is important due to the high morbid mortality associated with sepsis or a fulminant disease course. We report the case of a 39-year-old female diagnosed with noncontiguous multifocal spondylodiscitis, in the cervical, thoracic, and lumbar spine...
2022: Case Reports in Orthopedics