Atypical Mycobacterial Vertebral Osteomyelitis: Case Report and Review

Mycobacterium abscessus, a rapidly growing mycobacteria, has been implicated as a cause of posttraumatic infections of the skin, soft tissues, and long bones; chronic lung infections; endocarditis; keratitis; and disseminated disease in immunocompromised hosts. We describe the first case of vertebra...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Clinical infectious diseases 1998-02, Vol.26 (2), p.503-505
Hauptverfasser:	Sarria, Juan C., Chutkan, Norman B., Figueroa, Julio E., Hull, Anne
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Abscesses Atypical mycobacteria Bacterial arthritis and osteitis Bacterial diseases Biological and medical sciences Bones Brief Reports Debridement Human bacterial diseases Humans Infections Infectious diseases Low back pain Lungs Male Medical sciences Middle Aged Mycobacterium Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous - diagnostic imaging Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous - microbiology Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous - physiopathology Nontuberculous Mycobacteria - isolation & purification Osteomyelitis Osteomyelitis - diagnostic imaging Osteomyelitis - microbiology Osteomyelitis - physiopathology Radiography Tuberculosis, Spinal - diagnostic imaging Tuberculosis, Spinal - microbiology Tuberculosis, Spinal - physiopathology Weight loss
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Zusammenfassung:	Mycobacterium abscessus, a rapidly growing mycobacteria, has been implicated as a cause of posttraumatic infections of the skin, soft tissues, and long bones; chronic lung infections; endocarditis; keratitis; and disseminated disease in immunocompromised hosts. We describe the first case of vertebral osteomyelitis due to M. abscessus in an otherwise healthy individual and review previous reports of vertebral infections caused by atypical mycobacteria.
ISSN:	1058-4838 1537-6591
DOI:	10.1086/517096