Vertebral osteomyelitis secondary to Streptococcus agalactiae.
Vertebral osteomyelitis due to hematogenous seeding of Streptococcus agalactiae occurred in a 29-year-old farmer. The patient was treated with immobilization and parenteral antibiotics but developed recurrent back pain requiring a posterior spinal fusion. In a review of the literature, Group B streptococcal vertebral osteomyelitis seems not to have been previously reported in an adult.
Fasano
F J
FJ
Division of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield.
Graham
D R
DR
Stauffer
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