[Mycobacterial infection at the transverse process of the 2d lumbar vertebra caused by Mycobacterium fortuitum].
The authors report on a tuberculous infection at an unusual location, caused by trauma in the region of the transverse process of the second lumbar vertebra. The pathogen was identified as mycobacterium fortuitum. This is a conditionally pathogenic, atypical mycobacterium of Group IV, the rapidly-growing mycobacteria. It is distinguished by its primary resistance to almost all tuberculostatica. The treatment of choice is therefore the radical surgical removal of the tuberculous focus. Since tuberculosis of a spinous process has not yet been described, the authors have termed this disease spondylitis tuberculosa lateralis.
D000328:Adult; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D005402:Fistula / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae; D008297:Male; D009164:Mycobacterium Infections / Q000209:etiology*; D009165:Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D009170:Nontuberculous Mycobacteria / Q000187:drug effects; D014399:Tuberculosis, Spinal / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents
Mykobakterielle Infektion am Prozessus transversus des zweiten Lendenwirbels durch Mycobacterium fortuitum.