Case Report of Infectious Spondylitis Caused by Kytococcus sedentarius
| Autor: | Jun Seong Son, Kyoung Ree Lim, Soo Youn Moon |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
| Předmět: |
0301 basic medicine
Medicine (General) medicine.medical_specialty Kytococcus 030106 microbiology Kytococcus sedentarius Case Report Kytococcus spp Case presentation Spine infection 03 medical and health sciences R5-920 0302 clinical medicine Female patient Back pain medicine 030212 general & internal medicine Spondylitis biology business.industry General Medicine biology.organism_classification medicine.disease Dermatology infectious spondylitis Ciprofloxacin spine infection medicine.symptom business medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | Medicina Medicina, Vol 57, Iss 797, p 797 (2021) |
| ISSN: | 1648-9144 1010-660X |
| Popis: | Background: Kytococcus species has not been considered a pathogen, but infections caused by this species are increasing. There are several cases of infections caused by Kytococcus sedentarius, but no case of infectious spondylitis has been reported yet. Case presentation: A 79-year-old female patient was hospitalized because of back pain for several months. She was diagnosed with infectious spondylitis, and K. sedentarius was cultured from the pus and specimen obtained during the surgical procedure. The patient recovered completely without recurrence after 6 months of treatment with ciprofloxacin alone for 8 weeks. Conclusion: This is the first case report of infectious spondylitis caused by K. sedentarius. |
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