Neonatal Cervical Osteomyelitis with Bilateral Upper Limb Paresis

  • Elad Ben-Meir
  • , Marina Rubinshtein
  • , Itai Pessach
  • , Galia Barkai
  • , Nathan Keller
  • , Chen Hoffman
  • , Zeev Feldman
  • , Gidi Paret

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Abstract

Neonatal cervical osteomyelitis is extremely rare, with only a few cases having been reported. We report a neonate with cervical osteomyelitis and extensive inflammation of the surrounded tissues that caused nerve root compression and upper limb paresis.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1013-1015
Number of pages3
JournalPediatric Infectious Disease Journal
Volume36
Issue number10
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Oct 2017
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Staphylococcus aureus
  • bacteremia
  • limb paresis
  • neonatal
  • vertebral osteomyelitis

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