Clinical Problem Solving: Paravertebral Abscess in an Immunocompromised Host
Abstract A 70-year-old male patient with rheumatoid arthritis and uncontrolled diabetes mellitus developed a left paravertebral abscess. Various differential diagnoses (DD)s were considered including tuberculosis, bacterial abscess, melioidosis, actinomycosis, nocardiosis, mucormycosis, and aspergillosis.
Authors
- Rajeev Soman
- Aashna Gandhi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-8526-9795)
- Shaoli Basu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3800-6200)
- S.K. Bowalekar
- Pankaj Gandhi
- Nilesh Thete
Institutions
- P. D. Hinduja Hospital and Medical Research Centre (IN)
- Apollo Gleneagles Hospitals (IN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Clinical Infectious Disease Society
- Published
- 2025-01-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.4103/cids.cids_72_24
- Primary Topic
- Infectious Diseases and Tuberculosis
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00