Atypical presentation of spondylitis in a case with sickle cell disease

Salmonella osteomyelitis is rarely seen and vertebral involvement by this organism is very rare, especially in childhood. Salmonella should be considered in the list of etiologic agents of osteomyelitis in sickle cell disease. Herein we report a five-year-old boy with sickle cell disease and...

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Main Authors: Ilker Devrim, Ateş Kara, Güler Kanra, Muharrem Yazici, Safak Guçer, Fatma Gümrük, A Bülent Cengiz, Gülten Seçmeer
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Language:English
Published: Hacettepe University Institute of Child Health 2005-10-01
Series:The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics
Online Access:https://turkjpediatr.org/article/view/2747
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description Salmonella osteomyelitis is rarely seen and vertebral involvement by this organism is very rare, especially in childhood. Salmonella should be considered in the list of etiologic agents of osteomyelitis in sickle cell disease. Herein we report a five-year-old boy with sickle cell disease and Salmonella paratyphi B spondylitis who was diagnosed with atypical clinical findings of infection. We would like to emphasize the importance of differentiation between osteomyelitis and infarction even if there is no obvious sign of infection in the sickle cell patient even at atypical localization.
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spelling doaj-art-b7435c3efe3344c3af31cb2e041fcc312025-08-20T02:55:39ZengHacettepe University Institute of Child HealthThe Turkish Journal of Pediatrics0041-43012791-64212005-10-01474Atypical presentation of spondylitis in a case with sickle cell diseaseIlker Devrim0Ateş KaraGüler KanraMuharrem YaziciSafak GuçerFatma GümrükA Bülent CengizGülten SeçmeerUnits of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey. Salmonella osteomyelitis is rarely seen and vertebral involvement by this organism is very rare, especially in childhood. Salmonella should be considered in the list of etiologic agents of osteomyelitis in sickle cell disease. Herein we report a five-year-old boy with sickle cell disease and Salmonella paratyphi B spondylitis who was diagnosed with atypical clinical findings of infection. We would like to emphasize the importance of differentiation between osteomyelitis and infarction even if there is no obvious sign of infection in the sickle cell patient even at atypical localization. https://turkjpediatr.org/article/view/2747
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Atypical presentation of spondylitis in a case with sickle cell disease
The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics
title Atypical presentation of spondylitis in a case with sickle cell disease
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