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From: Identifying the mechanism underlying treatment failure for Salmonella Paratyphi A infection using next-generation sequencing – a case report

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a L-spine T2_tse_sagittal, b L-spine T1_tse_sagittal, and c L-spine T1_tse_sagittal_fat suppressed. MRI of the lumbosacral spine shows altered signals in the L1 vertebral body (in the local clinic on 30 December 2017). MRI revealed whole bone marrow oedema with endplate lytic changes in the L1 body and focal marrow oedema in the upper endplate of L2 bodies. Additionally, it showed mild destruction of intervertebral disc at L1–2. Adjacent paravertebral soft tissue thickening and small abscess in left psoas muscle were found. These findings are considered to be indicative of pyogenic spondylitis

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