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CASE REPORT
Osteomyelitis, discitis, epidural and psoas abscess secondary to Salmonella enterica in a man with diabetes mellitus and newly diagnosed α-thalassaemia trait
  1. Helen Farrar,
  2. Aoife Abbey,
  3. Vinod Patel,
  4. Rajiv Nair
  1. Department of Diabetes & Edocrinology, George Eliot Hospital, Nuneaton, UK
  1. Correspondence to Dr Aoife Abbey, aoifeabbey{at}doctors.org.uk

Summary

We report the case of a 65-year-old man with type 2 diabetes mellitus and α-thalassaemia trait. Investigations for relapsing and remitting fever found vertebral osteomyelitis, discitis and epidural and psoas abscess secondary to Salmonella enterica.

https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2014-207008

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