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Spinal short tau inversion recovery (STIR) magnetic resonance imaging on admission showed high signal intensity at the level of Th10-11 (white arrow) suggestive of a disk space infection and spondylitis.
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Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed a high intensity signal, mainly on the 10th and 11th thoracic vertebrae under short T1 inversion recovery (STIR) fat suppression conditions (Fig. 1), and he was diagnosed with pyogenic spondylitis.
The patient's clinical course. ABPC/SBT: ampicillin/sulbactam, MEPM: meropenem, CTRX: ceftriaxone, GM: gentamicin.
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Sixty days after admission, the patient was discharged without any sequelae (Fig. 2).
The string test confirming the hypermucoviscosity of Klebsiella pneumoniae. The formation of a viscous rope was 12 mm when a bacterial colony was touched with a loop on a B.T.B. Lactose Agar plate. A positive result is defined as string formation greater than 5 mm.
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When a bacterial colony was touched with a loop, a viscous rope measuring 12 mm formed (Fig. 3).