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He denied any recent trauma or infective symptoms, and there were no other associated complaints. On physical examination, he was in tears due to excruciating pain which he could not locate precisely, had tense muscles at the right posterior upper thigh and lower gluteal area and had limping. Also, he had mild right testicular tenderness on examination which he did not complain of before, no skin changes or swelling with normal cremasteric reflex. His investigations were significant for asymmetric ischiopubic synchondrosis on pelvic X-ray. Scrotal ultrasound showed no evidence of testicular torsion. Pelvic MRI showed features consistent with the right ischiopubic synchondrosis osteomyelitis. He spiked a high-grade fever of 40\u00b0C within 24 hours of presentation. His blood culture grew methicillin-sensitive <jats:italic>Staphylococcus aureus<\/jats:italic>. On admission, he was managed initially with ceftriaxone, vancomycin and clindamycin. 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