Spondylodiscitis due to Aerococcus urinae infection in an elderly immunocompetent patient

Enferm Infecc Microbiol Clin. 2017 Dec;35(10):682-684. doi: 10.1016/j.eimc.2017.02.005. Epub 2017 Mar 31.

[Article in English, Spanish]

Authors

Eva Torres-Martos¹, Salvador Pérez-Cortés², Juan M Sánchez-Calvo², María D López-Prieto²

Affiliations

¹ Unidad de Gestión Clínica Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiología Clínica, Área de Gestión Sanitaria Norte de Cádiz, Hospital SAS de Jerez, Jerez de la Frontera, Cádiz, Spain. Electronic address: etorresev@gmail.com.
² Unidad de Gestión Clínica Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiología Clínica, Área de Gestión Sanitaria Norte de Cádiz, Hospital SAS de Jerez, Jerez de la Frontera, Cádiz, Spain.

PMID: 28372876
DOI: 10.1016/j.eimc.2017.02.005

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Aerococcus / isolation & purification*
Aged
Discitis / complications
Discitis / diagnostic imaging
Discitis / microbiology*
Enterococcus faecalis / isolation & purification
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / complications
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / diagnostic imaging
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / microbiology*
Humans
Immunocompetence
Intervertebral Disc / microbiology
Low Back Pain / etiology
Lumbar Vertebrae / diagnostic imaging
Lumbar Vertebrae / microbiology*
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Sciatica / etiology
Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization
Urinary Tract Infections / complications
Urinary Tract Infections / microbiology