Pseudomonas mendocina spondylodiscitis: a case report and literature review.
Pseudomonas mendocina is rarely recovered as a human pathogen. Only 2 human cases have been reported in the literature. Here, we report the third human case and possibly the first 1 to involve spinal infection caused by such an unusual bacterium.
Chi
Chih-Yu
CY
Section of Infectious Diseases, Departments of Internal Medicine, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan 404, ROC.
Lai
Chung-Hsu
CH
Fung
Chang-Phone
CP
Wang
Jen-Hsian
JH
D000368:Aged; D015299:Discitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D011552:Pseudomonas Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D044203:Pseudomonas mendocina / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity