First reported case of vertebral osteomyelitis due to Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae

Matthew L Lorenz; Tara C Bouton; Angela M Caliendo

doi:10.1016/j.idcr.2017.11.002

First reported case of vertebral osteomyelitis due to Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae

IDCases. 2017 Nov 10:11:3-5. doi: 10.1016/j.idcr.2017.11.002. eCollection 2018.

Authors

Matthew L Lorenz¹, Tara C Bouton¹, Angela M Caliendo¹

Affiliation

¹ Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, USA.

Abstract

We describe a case of acute vertebral osteomyelitis with associated prevertebral abscess due to Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae in an immunocompetent adult with recent known traumatic inoculation from the barb of a fish.

Keywords: Abscess; Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae; Occupational injury; Osteomyelitis; Zoonosis.