Spontaneous pyogenic spondylitis caused by Klebsiella pneumoniae.
A 72-year-old woman without a history of spinal injury was admitted to our hospital with prolonged severe back pain and high fever. Clinical laboratory findings and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed severe inflammation of the L2 and L3 lumbar vertebrae. Meropenem trihydrate administration improved her symptoms. Klebsiella pneumoniae isolated from the patient's blood indicated that the organism caused the spontaneous pyogenic spondylitis.
Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki.
Kosuke
K
Kosai
Masafumi
M
Seki
Katsunori
K
Yanagihara
Yoshifumi
Y
Imamura
Shigeki
S
Nakamura
Shintaro
S
Kurihara
Koichi
K
Izumikawa
Hiroshi
H
Kakeya
Yoshihiro
Y
Yamamoto
Takayoshi
T
Tashiro
Shigeru
S
Kohno
D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007710:Klebsiella Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D007711:Klebsiella pneumoniae; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000382:microbiology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D013166:Spondylitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology*