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ArticleJournal of the Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease Canada = Journal officiel de l'Association pour la microbiologie medicale et l'infectiologie Canada2025

Nikesh Pandey, Philip W Lam

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Article in Journal of the Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease Canada = Journal officiel de l'Association pour la microbiologie medicale et l'infectiologie Canada, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Nikesh PandeyFaculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa.
Philip W LamSunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Infectious spondylodiscitis, an infection that involves the intervertebral disc and adjacent vertebral body, often manifests as back pain, fever, and malaise. Although Method: Retrospective single-record review with informed written consent from the patient. Results: We present the case of an immunocompetent 67-year-old female patient with subacute intermittent back pain, weight loss, and a history of prolonged travel to India. MRI showed destructive T7-T8 spondylodiscitis with vertebral collapse, kyphotic deformity, and severe canal stenosis. Given the patient's presentation, epidemiology, and radiologic features, spinal tuberculosis was initially suspected. A biopsy of the spinal tissue grew Conclusion: This case highlights

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Pott's diseaseSalmonella Typhispondylodiscitis

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PMID42079494
PMCPMC13132573

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