Vertebral osteomyelitis caused by Enterococcus raffinosus.
Enterococcus raffinosus is a rare isolate in clinical specimens. A case of vertebral osteomyelitis caused by E. raffinosus in an elderly patient is described and confirms this organism to be an opportunistic human pathogen.
Department of Microbiology, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom. micjs@leeds.ac.uk
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D000368:Aged; D016983:Enterococcus / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005260:Female; D016908:Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000382:microbiology*; D013166:Spondylitis / Q000382:microbiology*; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000601:surgery