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Iatrogenic acute spondylytis with secondary bacterial meningeal infection following lumbar punctures was observed in an 11 month old Negro boy. The infection healed but led to a spondylotic deformity of the lumbar spine.
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Lintermans, J.P., Seyhnaeve, V. Spondylotic deformity of the lumbar spine and previous lumbar punctures. Pediatr Radiol 5, 181–182 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00973988
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