ea0019p82 | Clinical practice/governance and case reports | SFEBES2009
Bdiri A
, Smith M
, Lawrence J
A 70-year-old woman presented with low back pain. A diagnosis of discitis (L4-L5) was made and the patient was started on IV flucloxacillin 1 g every 6 h and fusidic acid. The back pain was improving and the serum electrolytes were all within normal range with potassium level at 4.4 mmol/l (normal: 4.05.5) and magnesium at 0.68 mmol/l (normal: 0.71.1). However two weeks after starting the IV flucloxacillin, the patients electrolytes showed a persistent hypoka...