VERTEBRAL OSTEOMYELITIS AND ACINETOBACTER SPP. PARAVERTEBRAL SOFT TISSUE INFECTION IN A 4-YEAR-OLD BOY WITH X-LINKED CHRONIC GRANULOMATOUS DISEASE

Vertebral osteomyelitis is known to occur in chronic granulomatous disease, a phagocytic disorder and the etiology is usually a fungus. Indolent spread of fungal infection from lungs to adjacent ribs and vertebra often results in persistent pneumonia and vertebral deformities. We report a 4-year-old boy with chronic cough and kyphosis, who had a fungal vertebral osteomyelitis and Acinetobacter spp. paravertebral soft tissue infection related to X-linked chronic granulomatous disease.