1775: A Rare Case of Pneumococcal Meningitis and Vertebral Osteomyelitis

Vertebral osteomyelitis in bacterial meningitis patients

“…The search yielded 65 articles of which 31 studies were relevant to our review (Arend et al, 1995, Belvisi et al, 2013, Chemlal et al, 1996, Francis et al, 1988, Fukushima et al, 2008, Gardiner et al, 2014, Heard et al, 1992, Hirsh et al, 2004, Ikejiri et al, 2019, Jones et al, 2007, Kasahata et al, 2014, Kaufman et al, 1980, Kawakami et al, 2012, Kodra et al, 2016, Kohlmann et al, 2015, Markus and Allison, 1989, Mitsutake et al, 2018, Murao et al, 1997, Nessle et al, 2017, Ohnishi et al, 2015, Oki et al, 2016, Omori et al, 2008, Peterson et al, 1987, Poggenborg et al, 2008, Poyanli et al, 2001, Ribeiro et al, 2013, Suzuki et al, 2013, Turner et al, 1999, Zayed et al, 2019, Zbinden et al, 2012. Thirty-two patients with bacterial meningitis and vertebral osteomyelitis were identified of whom 18 (57%) were male (table 1).…”