Serratia osteomyelitis causing neurological deterioration after spine fracture. A report of two cases.
We report two cases of Serratia marcescens infection at the sites of spinal fractures and emphasise the fact that neurological deterioration soon after spinal fracture may be due to acute vertebral osteomyelitis.
Lowe
J
J
Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel.
Kaplan
L
L
Liebergall
M
M
Floman
Y
Y
D000328:Adult; D004756:Enterobacteriaceae Infections / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000293:injuries*; D008297:Male; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000209:etiology*; D010243:Paralysis / Q000209:etiology*; D011859:Radiography; D012706:Serratia marcescens / Q000302:isolation & purification