Non-contiguous multifocal Staphylococcus aureus discitis: involvement of the cervical, thoracic and lumbar spine.

Autor:	Teo, Mario, Trivedi, Rikin, Murphy, Mary
Předmět:	STAPHYLOCOCCUS aureus MYCOBACTERIUM tuberculosis BRUCELLA BACTERIAL diseases LUMBAR vertebrae
Zdroj:	Acta Neurochirurgica; Mar2010, Vol. 152 Issue 3, p471-474, 4p, 2 Black and White Photographs
Abstrakt:	Multilevel discitis is rare, and classically due to granulomatous organisms like Mycobacterium tuberculosis, brucella and fungal species. We report a case of non-contiguous multilevel synchronous bacterial discitis involving cervical, thoracic and lumbar discs, attributable to Staphylococcus aureus. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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