title: Pott's disease? AIDS-associated Mycobacterium heckeshornense spinal osteomyelitis and diskitis.
abstract: Acid-fast bacillus (AFB) spinal osteomyelitis in a patient with AIDS is often presumed to be caused by reactivated Mycobacterium tuberculosis. However, other AFB pathogens can mimic M. tuberculosis and, to ensure appropriate and adequate therapy, should be considered by clinicians. We present a case of aggressive spinal osteomyelitis caused by Mycobacterium heckeshornense in an AIDS patient; a review of the literature is also included.
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Diseases, Naval Medical Center San Diego, San Diego, California, USA robert.carpenter@med.navy.mil.
authors.forename: Robert J
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6546-6122
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Carpenter
authors.affiliation: Laboratory Department, Naval Medical Center San Diego, San Diego, California, USA.
authors.forename: Paul C F
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Graf
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D015299:Discitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009161:Mycobacterium / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D011859:Radiography; D013131:Spine / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D014399:Tuberculosis, Spinal / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology