title: Vertebral osteomyelitis due to infection with nontuberculous Mycobacterium species after blunt trauma to the back: 3 examples of the principle of locus minoris resistentiae.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, National Jewish Medical and Research Center, Denver, CO 80206, USA. chane@njc.org
authors.forename: E D
authors.initials: ED
authors.lastname: Chan
authors.forename: P M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Kong
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fennelly
authors.forename: A P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Dwyer
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Iseman
mesh_terms: 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*