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Back pain following a lumbar puncture: what's unusual about that?

Sinokrot, O
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Doyle, A
; 
Lonergan, R
; 
Fitzgerald, S
; 
McGuigan, C
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Sinokrot, O
 Doyle, A
 Lonergan, R
 Fitzgerald, S
 McGuigan, C
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2015-05
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BACK PAIN
LUMBAR PUNCTURE
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Irish Medical Journal
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A 50 year old male presents with progressive back pain. Osteomyelitis and discitis are rare but important complications of minimally invasive procedures such as bedside lumbar puncture. It is imperative to consider P. acnes as the pathogen in the setting of instrumentation.
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