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The authors present a case involving an 80-year-old man with infectious T10/T11 discitis on the background of a recent Clostridium perfringens bacteraemia. This case report describes a case of probable C. perfringens discitis as further investigations failed to identify any causative agents. He was treated with intravenous piperacillin/tazobactam to good effect, achieving favourable clinical outcome. Diagnosis of discitis/osteomyelitis can often be delayed and mismanaged due to its non-specific presentations. Timing of empirical antimicrobial therapy requires careful consideration based on haemodynamic stability and neurological function to maximise microbiological yield.
- infectious diseases
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Contributors CHY: wrote the manuscript. ML: supervised development of work and manuscript evaluation.
Competing interests None declared.
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