title: [Spondylodiscitis caused by Streptococcus agalactiae].
abstract: Two previously healthy adults, a man aged 69 and a woman aged 51 years, presented with spondylitis caused by Streptococcus agalactiae. One patient had fever and acute pain in the neck, the other progressive pain in the lower back. From cultures of blood and bone respectively. S. agalactiae was isolated. Both patients recovered after treatment with benzylpenicillin. S. agalactiae (group B streptococcus) is a wellknown cause of invasive infections in neonates and pregnant adults. Infections in nonpregnant adults are increasingly reported. Chronic conditions such as diabetes mellitus are strongly associated with disease caused by S. agalactiae.
authors.affiliation: Afd. Interne Geneeskunde. Academisch Ziekenhuis, Leiden.
authors.forename: Y W
authors.initials: YW
authors.lastname: Sijpkens
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Van 't wout
authors.forename: F C
authors.initials: FC
authors.lastname: Breedveld
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae; D015299:Discitis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010400:Penicillin G / Q000627:therapeutic use; D010406:Penicillins / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D013292:Streptococcus agalactiae / Q000302:isolation & purification*
chemical_list: D010406:Penicillins; D010400:Penicillin G