Osteoarticular Infections Caused by Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae: Case Report and Literature Review

We present a case of Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae spondylodiscitis in an otherwise healthy man, occurring 1 year after exposure. The patient was cured after 6 weeks of treatment with amoxicillin followed by ciprofloxacin without surgery. Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae can cause severe osteoarticular i...

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Autores principales: Maillard, Alexis, Wakim, Yara, Itani, Oula, Ousser, Fateh, Bleibtreu, Alexandre, Caumes, Eric, Monsel, Gentiane
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2021
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Novel ID Cases
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8545653/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34708142
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofab461
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author Maillard, Alexis
Wakim, Yara
Itani, Oula
Ousser, Fateh
Bleibtreu, Alexandre
Caumes, Eric
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description We present a case of Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae spondylodiscitis in an otherwise healthy man, occurring 1 year after exposure. The patient was cured after 6 weeks of treatment with amoxicillin followed by ciprofloxacin without surgery. Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae can cause severe osteoarticular infections with a delayed presentation following exposure to the pathogen.
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spelling pubmed-85456532021-10-26 Osteoarticular Infections Caused by Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae: Case Report and Literature Review Maillard, Alexis Wakim, Yara Itani, Oula Ousser, Fateh Bleibtreu, Alexandre Caumes, Eric Monsel, Gentiane Open Forum Infect Dis Novel ID Cases We present a case of Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae spondylodiscitis in an otherwise healthy man, occurring 1 year after exposure. The patient was cured after 6 weeks of treatment with amoxicillin followed by ciprofloxacin without surgery. Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae can cause severe osteoarticular infections with a delayed presentation following exposure to the pathogen. Oxford University Press 2021-10-08 /pmc/articles/PMC8545653/ /pubmed/34708142 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofab461 Text en © The Author(s) 2021. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Infectious Diseases Society of America. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial reproduction and distribution of the work, in any medium, provided the original work is not altered or transformed in any way, and that the work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com.
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Osteoarticular Infections Caused by Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae: Case Report and Literature Review
title Osteoarticular Infections Caused by Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae: Case Report and Literature Review
title_full Osteoarticular Infections Caused by Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae: Case Report and Literature Review
title_fullStr Osteoarticular Infections Caused by Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae: Case Report and Literature Review
title_full_unstemmed Osteoarticular Infections Caused by Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae: Case Report and Literature Review
title_short Osteoarticular Infections Caused by Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae: Case Report and Literature Review
title_sort osteoarticular infections caused by erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae: case report and literature review
topic Novel ID Cases
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofab461
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