title: Lumbar pain caused by Mycoplasma infection.
abstract: A 45-year-old woman was admitted to hospital following acute onset of lower back pain. Clinical and laboratory investigations established a lumbar paraspinal soft tissue infection with Mycoplasma hominis associated with severe spondylarthrosis at L5/S1. A relationship to a recently performed hysterectomy must be considered.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Rheumatologie und Rehabilitation, Stadtspital Triemli, Zürich, Switzerland.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kayser
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Bhend
mesh_terms: D001416:Back Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007044:Hysterectomy; D008875:Middle Aged; D009175:Mycoplasma Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D013122:Spinal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D013166:Spondylitis / Q000150:complications