title: Klebsiella pneumoniae-associated vertebral osteomyelitis after laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
abstract: We report a case of a patient who underwent elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy and subsequently developed Klebsiella pneumoniae-associated vertebral osteomyelitis after 2 months. Development of vertebral osteomyelitis after laparoscopic cholecystectomy has never been reported previously. Diagnosis was made via magnetic resonance imaging. The patient was successfully treated with intravenous antibiotics and had a complete recovery with no neurologic sequelae.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics, Rhode Island Hospital, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI 02903, USA. nthakur79@gmail.com
authors.forename: Nikhil A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Thakur
authors.forename: Jonathan R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Schiller
authors.forename: Staci A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Fischer
authors.forename: Mark A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Palumbo
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017081:Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003428:Cross Infection; D006801:Humans; D007710:Klebsiella Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D007711:Klebsiella pneumoniae / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000209:etiology*; D013131:Spine / Q000382:microbiology*