Postoperative spondylodiscitis due to Kytococcus schroeteri in a diabetic woman

H Jacquier; A Allard; P Richette; H K Ea; M J Sanson-Le Pors; B Berçot

doi:10.1099/jmm.0.010454-0

Postoperative spondylodiscitis due to Kytococcus schroeteri in a diabetic woman

J Med Microbiol. 2010 Jan;59(Pt 1):127-129. doi: 10.1099/jmm.0.010454-0.

Authors

H Jacquier^{1

2}, A Allard^{3

1}, P Richette^{3

1}, H K Ea^{3

1}, M J Sanson-Le Pors^{1

2}, B Berçot^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Université Paris 7-Denis Diderot, 10, avenue de Verdun, F-75010 Paris, France.
² Service de Bactériologie-Virologie, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Groupe Hospitalier Lariboisière-Fernand Widal, 75475 Paris Cedex 10, France.
³ Fédération de Rhumatologie (Centre Viggo Petersen), Pôle Appareil Locomoteur, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Groupe Hospitalier Lariboisière-Fernand Widal, 75475 Paris Cedex 10, France.

PMID: 19797467
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.010454-0

Abstract

Kytococcus schroeteri, a Gram-positive coccus, is usually regarded as part of the human skin flora. It has been described in prosthetic valve endocarditis but never as being involved in osteoarticular infections. We report here the first case of a spondylodiscitis due to K. schroeteri identified by 16S rRNA gene sequencing.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / complications*
Discitis / complications
Discitis / microbiology*
Drug Resistance, Bacterial
Female
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / complications
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / microbiology*
Gram-Positive Cocci / drug effects
Gram-Positive Cocci / isolation & purification*
Humans
Middle Aged
Molecular Sequence Data
Surgical Wound Infection / microbiology

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents

Associated data

GENBANK/GU180084