Spondylitis caused by Peptostreptococcus.
Peptostreptococcus is an anaerobic gram-positive coccus that is encountered in dental and sinus infections, pelvic infections in women, osteomyelitis, arthritis, skin and soft-tissues infections, conjunctivitis and bacteraemia [1,2]. We report here, what is to our knowledge, the first cases of spondylitis with discitis caused by Peptostreptococcus.
Rousseau
M C
MC
Service de Médecine Interne, Hôpital de la Conception, Marseille, France.
Harlé
J R
JR
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000658:Amoxicillin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D015299:Discitis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D016908:Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D017116:Low Back Pain / Q000209:etiology; D010406:Penicillins / Q000627:therapeutic use; D010462:Peptostreptococcus / Q000302:isolation & purification*
D010406:Penicillins; D000658:Amoxicillin