Vertebral osteomyelitis secondary to Streptococcus cristatus infection

A 66-year-old male with a history of low back pain was found to have discitis and osteomyelitis. Biopsy and PCR testing revealed Streptococcus cristatus infection. This bacteria does not typically cause disease, and only a few cases in the literature have reported it to cause infection in the bones...

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Autores principales: Tran, Helen, Ai, Angela, Gallardo-Huizar, Oscar E., Kahn, Michael, Mathisen, Glenn
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2023
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10558856/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37809561
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e19616

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10558856/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37809561
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e19616

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