Hematogenous anaerobic vertebral osteomyelitis due to <i>Bacteroides fragilis</i> in a diabetic patient

Boutoille, D.; Talarmin, J.p.; Prendki, Virginie; Raffi, F.

doi:10.1016/s0953-6205(02)00214-5

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English

Hematogenous anaerobic vertebral osteomyelitis due to Bacteroides fragilis in a diabetic patient

ContributorsBoutoille, D.; Talarmin, J.p.; Prendki, Virginie

; Raffi, F.

Published inEuropean journal of internal medicine, vol. 14, no. 1, p. 63-64

Publication date2003-02

Abstract

We report the case of a 70-year-old diabetic man with spontaneous vertebral osteomyelitis due to Bacteroides fragilis. Diagnosis was obtained on positive blood cultures. The port of entry remained unknown despite extensive investigation. A combination of metronidazole and clindamycin led to a clinical cure with no need for surgical débridement and no relapse after 9 months of follow-up.

Keywords

Osteomyelitis
Bacteroides fragilis
Metronidazole
Clindamycin

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Infections de la personne âgée (1062)

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BOUTOILLE, D. et al. Hematogenous anaerobic vertebral osteomyelitis due to Bacteroides fragilis in a diabetic patient. In: European journal of internal medicine, 2003, vol. 14, n° 1, p. 63–64. doi: 10.1016/s0953-6205(02)00214-5

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PID : unige:189251
DOI : 10.1016/s0953-6205(02)00214-5
PMID : 12554015

Additional URL for this publicationhttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0953620502002145

Journal ISSN0953-6205

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