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CASE REPORT
Vertebral osteomyelitis in an immunosuppressed patient with rheumatoid arthritis
  1. Upama Giri,
  2. Berry Cheriyan Thavalathil,
  3. Roy Varghese
  1. Appalachian Regional Healthcare Hospital Inc, Hyden, Kentucky, USA
  1. Correspondence to Dr Upama Giri, upamagiri{at}gmail.com

Summary

We report a case of spontaneous osteomyelitis of the cervical spine complicated by epidural abscess due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis with no obvious focus of infection or bacteraemia. The patient was on immunosuppressants and complete blood count revealed neutropaenia. He was successfully treated with intravenous antibiotics and surgery.

https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2014-206944

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