An Uncommon Case of Pyogenic Spondylodiscitis Caused by Gemella morbillorum
Autor: | Koh Shinohara, Takashi Sono, Mitsuru Takemoto, Yasuhiro Tsuchido |
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Rok vydání: | 2018 |
Předmět: |
0301 basic medicine
Spondylodiscitis medicine.medical_specialty Epidural abscess 030106 microbiology Case Report Gemella morbillorum 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine lcsh:Orthopedic surgery medicine Severe back pain 030212 general & internal medicine medicine.diagnostic_test biology business.industry Magnetic resonance imaging General Medicine medicine.disease biology.organism_classification Surgery Penicillin lcsh:RD701-811 Pyogenic spondylodiscitis Discitis business medicine.drug |
Zdroj: | Case Reports in Orthopedics Case Reports in Orthopedics, Vol 2018 (2018) |
ISSN: | 2090-6757 2090-6749 |
Popis: | An 81-year-old man presented with severe back pain. Magnetic resonance imaging detected L5/S discitis without signs of epidural abscess. Punctures of the disc revealed that the causative organism was Gemella morbillorum (G. morbillorum), which is part of the normal flora of the oral cavity and an uncommon causative pathogen of spondylodiscitis. The E-test method was useful for rapid susceptibility testing. Intravenous penicillin G treatment was effective, and the patient recovered without surgery. |
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