Mycobacterium fortuitum spinal infection: case report.
Acute paraplegia followed a vertebral infection with Mycobacterium fortuitum. There was a satisfactory response to surgery and antibiotics. No predisposing factors for this primary bone infection could be found.
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D009164:Mycobacterium Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D009165:Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D009170:Nontuberculous Mycobacteria / Q000302:isolation & purification; D011859:Radiography; D013166:Spondylitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology