Spondylodiscitis due to Peptostreptococcus spp: a case report

Joint Bone Spine. 2009 Jan;76(1):104-5. doi: 10.1016/j.jbspin.2008.01.029. Epub 2008 Nov 20.
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Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Administration, Oral
  • Aged
  • Amoxicillin / therapeutic use
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • Back Pain / microbiology
  • Back Pain / pathology*
  • Clavulanic Acid / therapeutic use
  • Clindamycin / therapeutic use
  • Discitis / microbiology
  • Discitis / pathology*
  • Drug Therapy, Combination
  • Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / complications
  • Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / pathology*
  • Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / therapy
  • Humans
  • Immobilization
  • Injections, Intravenous
  • Lumbar Vertebrae / pathology*
  • Male
  • Peptostreptococcus / isolation & purification*

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Clavulanic Acid
  • Clindamycin
  • Amoxicillin