A M. avium complex spondylodiscitis in a middle-aged woman with diabetes

Irini Gerogianni; Stylianos Boutlas; Theophilos Karachalios; Eythymia Petinaki; Marianna Vlychou; K I Gourgoulianis

doi:10.1016/j.rmcr.2017.03.020

A M. avium complex spondylodiscitis in a middle-aged woman with diabetes

Respir Med Case Rep. 2017 Mar 30:21:71-73. doi: 10.1016/j.rmcr.2017.03.020. eCollection 2017.

Authors

Irini Gerogianni¹, Stylianos Boutlas¹, Theophilos Karachalios², Eythymia Petinaki³, Marianna Vlychou⁴, K I Gourgoulianis¹

Affiliations

¹ Respiratory Department, Medical School, University of Thessaly, 41110, Larisa, Greece.
² Orthopaedic Department, Medical School, University of Thessaly, 41110, Larisa, Greece.
³ Microbiology Department, Medical School, University of Thessaly, 41110, Larisa, Greece.
⁴ Radiology Department, Medical School, University of Thessaly, 41110, Larisa, Greece.

Abstract

Spondylodiscitis, the inflammation of the vertebral bodies and the intervertebral disk space, is the reason for low back pain in a minority of cases. This is caused by various pathogens. Mycobacterium tuberculosis is responsible for 17-39% of all the cases of spondylodiscitis. On the contrast, spondylodiscitis from non tuberculous mycobacteria is extremely rare in literature. We describe a 68 -year old diabetic woman which is the first case of bone marrow involvement by M. intracellulare (member of M avium complex)with spondylodiscitis.

Keywords: Bone marrow; M. avium complex; MAC, M avium complex; Spondylodiscitis.

Publication types

Case Reports