Iatrogenically induced spondylodiskitis due to Mycobacterium xenopi in an immunocompetent patient

Clin Infect Dis. 1996 Apr;22(4):723-4. doi: 10.1093/clinids/22.4.723.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Discitis / microbiology*
  • Diskectomy, Percutaneous / adverse effects*
  • Equipment Contamination
  • Humans
  • Iatrogenic Disease*
  • Immunocompetence
  • Lumbar Vertebrae / microbiology
  • Male
  • Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / etiology*
  • Needles
  • Tuberculosis, Spinal / microbiology