Iatrogenic postoperative spondylodiscitis attributed to Burkholderia cepacia infection in an immunocompetent patient

BACKGROUND: Pyogenic spondylodiscitis (PS) is a rare infection involving the intervertebral disk space, adjacent vertebral endplates, and vertebral bodies. PS occurs in the elderly and immunocompromised patients, and is an uncommon cause of initial and/or postoperative PS. There are only seven cases...

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Autores principales: Miryala, Rakesh, Marathe, Nandan, Mallepally, Abhinandan Reddy, Das, Kalidutta, Mohapatra, Bibhudendu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Scientific Scholar 2021
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8088530/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33948309
http://dx.doi.org/10.25259/SNI_518_2020
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Sumario:BACKGROUND: Pyogenic spondylodiscitis (PS) is a rare infection involving the intervertebral disk space, adjacent vertebral endplates, and vertebral bodies. PS occurs in the elderly and immunocompromised patients, and is an uncommon cause of initial and/or postoperative PS. There are only seven cases involving this organism reported in literature. CASE DESCRIPTION: Here, we present a 35-year-old male who following a lumbar discectomy developed a postoperative iatrogenic PS uniquely attributed to Burkholderia cepacia. The patient was successfully managed with postoperative surgical debridement and antibiotic therapy. CONCLUSION: Rarely, B. cepacia may be the offending organism resulting in a postoperative lumbar PS.

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