Skip to main content
Thorax logoLink to Thorax
. 1992 May;47(5):395–396. doi: 10.1136/thx.47.5.395

Vertebral osteomyelitis presenting with pleuritic chest pain and bilateral pleural effusions

P J Sullivan 1,2,3, D Currie 1,2,3, J V Collins 1,2,3, D J Johnstone 1,2,3, A Morgan 1,2,3
PMCID: PMC463766  PMID: 1609386

Abstract

Pyogenic non-tuberculous vertebral osteomyelitis presented with pleuritic chest pain and basal shadowing on the chest radiograph.

Full text

PDF
395

Images in this article

Selected References

These references are in PubMed. This may not be the complete list of references from this article.

  1. Carr A. J., Crow P. G. Vertebral osteomyelitis presenting with abdominal pain and a pleural effusion. J R Coll Surg Edinb. 1987 Dec;32(6):373–374. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  2. Digby J. M., Kersley J. B. Pyogenic non-tuberculous spinal infection: an analysis of thirty cases. J Bone Joint Surg Br. 1979 Feb;61(1):47–55. doi: 10.1302/0301-620X.61B1.370121. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  3. Osenbach R. K., Hitchon P. W., Menezes A. H. Diagnosis and management of pyogenic vertebral osteomyelitis in adults. Surg Neurol. 1990 Apr;33(4):266–275. doi: 10.1016/0090-3019(90)90047-s. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  4. STONE D. B., BONFIGLIO M. PYOGENIC VERTEBRAL OSTEOMYELITIS. A DIAGNOSTIC PITFALL FOR THE INTERNIST. Arch Intern Med. 1963 Oct;112:491–500. doi: 10.1001/archinte.1963.03860040087007. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  5. Silverthorn K. G., Gillespie W. J. Pyogenic spinal osteomyelitis: a review of 61 cases. N Z Med J. 1986 Feb 12;99(795):62–65. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  6. Thompson D., Bannister P., Murphy P. Vertebral osteomyelitis in the elderly. Br Med J (Clin Res Ed) 1988 May 7;296(6632):1309–1311. doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6632.1309. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]

Articles from Thorax are provided here courtesy of BMJ Publishing Group

RESOURCES