Chronic enterococcal spinal implant infection 6 years after instrumentation of a severe scoliosis in a 22-year-old woman

MeSH terms

• Amoxicillin / administration & dosage
• Amoxicillin / therapeutic use
• Anti-Bacterial Agents / administration & dosage
• Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
• Enterococcus faecalis / isolation & purification*
• Female
• Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / drug therapy
• Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / etiology
• Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / microbiology*
• Humans
• Postoperative Complications / microbiology
• Prosthesis-Related Infections / microbiology*
• Scoliosis / microbiology
• Scoliosis / surgery*
• Spinal Fusion / adverse effects*
• Spinal Fusion / instrumentation*
• Young Adult