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.
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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