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Summary
A 64-year-old man with a complex medical history and previous cervical arthritis with discectomy presents with a 2-day history of neck and lower back pain and shortness of breath, associated with left-sided muscle weakness. He has a fever with severe sepsis causing acute renal failure. MRI spine shows evidence of left cervical facet joint septic arthritis at C6-T1. He required 6 weeks of intravenous antibiotics and intensive support with ventilation and haemofiltration. After completion of antibiotics, he made a full recovery and regained neurological function before discharge.
- Bone And Joint Infections
- Neuroimaging
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Contributors SS and MKV both saw the patient in the acute setting and looked after them. The both wrote the case report and conducted the literature review for the topic.
Competing interests None declared.
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