Thoracic vertebral osteomyelitis following catfish spine impalement

JAAPA. 2014 Nov;27(11). doi: 10.1097/01.JAA.0000455659.73037.ed.

Abstract

Although rare, thoracic osteomyelitis can occur when toxins from a catfish spine impalement to the hand spread via the blood. This article describes diagnosis and management of this condition in a man who required hospitalization for debilitating back pain that developed 3 weeks after the initial injury.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • Catfishes
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Diagnostic Imaging
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Osteomyelitis / diagnosis*
  • Osteomyelitis / drug therapy
  • Osteomyelitis / etiology*
  • Osteomyelitis / microbiology
  • Staphylococcal Infections / diagnosis*
  • Staphylococcal Infections / drug therapy
  • Staphylococcal Infections / etiology*
  • Staphylococcal Infections / microbiology
  • Thoracic Vertebrae
  • Wounds, Penetrating / diagnosis*
  • Wounds, Penetrating / drug therapy
  • Wounds, Penetrating / etiology*
  • Wounds, Penetrating / microbiology

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents