Vertebral osteomyelitis due to infection with nontuberculous Mycobacterium species after blunt trauma to the back: 3 examples of the principle of locus minoris resistentiae.
Osteomyelitis due to infection with nontuberculous mycobacterial organisms is unusual, especially in the absence of nonpenetrating trauma. We describe 3 patients with vertebral osteomyelitis due to infection with nontuberculous mycobacterial organisms that was precipitated by blunt trauma; these 3 unusual cases illustrate the principle of locus minoris resistentiae.
Chan
E D
ED
Department of Medicine, National Jewish Medical and Research Center, Denver, CO 80206, USA. chane@njc.org
Kong
P M
PM
Fennelly
K
K
Dwyer
A P
AP
Iseman
M D
MD
D000293:Adolescent; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009161:Mycobacterium / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification; D009164:Mycobacterium Infections / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D015270:Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare Infection / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D013131:Spine / Q000473:pathology; D013166:Spondylitis / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000150:complications*