title: Proteus mirabilis spondylodiscitis complicating a urinary tract infection.
abstract: Infectious spondylodiscitis results from local or haematogenous infection by microorganisms of intervertebral disc spaces, vertebral bodies and surrounding structures. Haematogenous invasion may follow urosepsis. We report on a case of septic spondylodiscitis following urosepsis with Proteus mirabilis, a frequently isolated microorganism in urinary tract infections but rarely in spondylodiscitis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Groene Hart Ziekenhuis, Gouda, The Netherlands. jeroen.smits@ghz.nl
authors.forename: Jeroen P P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Smits
authors.forename: Henny G
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Peltenburg
authors.forename: Esther A N M
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Mooi-Kokenberg
authors.forename: Ted
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Koster
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D015299:Discitis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D011512:Proteus Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D011513:Proteus mirabilis; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections