Take Home Points Clinical presentation is very nonspecific; evaluate all patients presenting with back pain for infectious risk factors. Baseline labs should not guide diagnosis, but may assist in later management. MRI is key to diagnosis, obtain this imaging in all patients who raise clinical suspicion Patients with hemodynamic instability and neurologic compromise warrant empiric ... Read more
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