[Clinical Picture] Campylobacter jejuni vertebral osteomyelitis

A 59-year-old man presented to the emergency department of our hospital with fever, lower-back pain, and diarrhoea. His medical history included only Meniere's disease and longstanding lower-back pain. On admission, laboratory tests showed an increased erythrocyte sedimentation rate of 70 mm/h, C-reactive protein concentration of 77 ·1 mg/L, and a total white blood cell count of 11·1 × 109 cells per L with mature neutrophilia. Campylobacter jejuni was isolated from blood and stool cultures taken on admission.
Source: The Lancet Infectious Diseases - Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Tags: Clinical Picture Source Type: research