Atypical low back pain with an uncommon cause: pneumococcal spondylodiscitis
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spondylodiscitis, pneumococcal, lumbago, vertebral infectionAbstract
We describe the case of a 13-year-old male with no history of interest with intermittent fever and 4-week low back pain who was finally diagnosed as having pneumococcal spondylodiscitis. To emphasize the importance of this communication, due to the few cases described in the literature of this form of invasive pneumococcal disease, and also because of their involvement in a young patient with no underlying chronic pathology, since pneumococcal spondylodiscitis usually affects patients with age over 50 years and with significant comorbidity (immunosuppression, asplenia, diabetes, alcohol consumption, etc.).
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