Non-contiguous multifocal Staphylococcus aureus discitis: involvement of the cervical, thoracic and lumbar spine.
BACKGROUND
Multilevel discitis is rare, and classically due to granulomatous organisms like Mycobacterium tuberculosis, brucella and fungal species.


CONCLUSIONS
We report a case of non-contiguous multilevel synchronous bacterial discitis involving cervical, thoracic and lumbar discs, attributable to Staphylococcus aureus.
Department of Neurosurgery, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK. marioteo@doctors.org.uk
Mario
M
Teo
Rikin
R
Trivedi
Mary
M
Murphy
D000368:Aged; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001416:Back Pain / Q000209:etiology; D002481:Cellulitis / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D015299:Discitis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D005436:Floxacillin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D007403:Intervertebral Disc / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D007813:Laparotomy; D007958:Leukocyte Count; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*; D011111:Polymyalgia Rheumatica / Q000209:etiology; D016659:Psoas Abscess / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology; D011859:Radiography; D018805:Sepsis / Q000382:microbiology; D013131:Spine / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D017211:Treatment Failure
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D005436:Floxacillin