Abstract:Vertebral osteomyelitis and discitis are rare entities. Although enterococci are a major cause of bacteremia and infective endocarditis, hematogenous enterococcal vertebral osteomyelitis has rarely been reported. In this article, a geriatric case is presented who had visited our hospital with complaints of "distorting back pain" and weakness in the legs and who had been diagnosed with vertebral osteomyelitis caused by enterococcus faecalis. In this case, the lesion of the patient was not distinguished from the… Show more
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