eng Science and Education Publishing American Journal of Medical Case Reports 2374-216X 2016-05-24 4 5 168 169 10.12691/ajmcr-4-5-6 AJMCR2016456 article Nagadarshini Ramagiri Vinod 1 Hassan Tahir htahir@conemaugh.org 1 Khandakar Hussain 1 Saad Ullah 1 Department of Internal Medicine, Temple University/Conemaugh Memorial Hospital, 1086 Franklin Street, Johnstown, PA 15905, USA The incidence of back pain is listed only second to upper respiratory tract infection in symptomatic reason for office visits for a physician. Diagnosing rare and serious causes of back pain may be challenging in outpatient setting. We present a 31 year old male, an IV drug abuser, presenting with severe back pain radiating to his bilateral hips due to L1-L2 Osteomylelitis secondary to Candida Albicans infection. http://pubs.sciepub.com/ajmcr/4/5/6/ajmcr-4-5-6.pdf candidial vertebral osteomyelitis back pain