Non-contiguous multifocal Staphylococcus aureus discitis: involvement of the cervical, thoracic and lumbar spine

Acta Neurochir (Wien). 2010 Mar;152(3):471-4. doi: 10.1007/s00701-009-0355-9. Epub 2009 May 5.

Abstract

Introduction: Multilevel discitis is rare, and classically due to granulomatous organisms like Mycobacterium tuberculosis, brucella and fungal species.

Conclusion: We report a case of non-contiguous multilevel synchronous bacterial discitis involving cervical, thoracic and lumbar discs, attributable to Staphylococcus aureus.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • Back Pain / etiology
  • Cellulitis / complications
  • Cellulitis / drug therapy
  • Cervical Vertebrae / microbiology
  • Cervical Vertebrae / pathology
  • Discitis / drug therapy
  • Discitis / microbiology
  • Discitis / pathology*
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Female
  • Floxacillin / therapeutic use
  • Humans
  • Intervertebral Disc / microbiology
  • Intervertebral Disc / pathology
  • Laparotomy
  • Leukocyte Count
  • Lumbar Vertebrae / microbiology
  • Lumbar Vertebrae / pathology
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Osteomyelitis / drug therapy
  • Osteomyelitis / microbiology
  • Osteomyelitis / pathology*
  • Polymyalgia Rheumatica / etiology
  • Psoas Abscess / complications
  • Psoas Abscess / diagnostic imaging
  • Psoas Abscess / microbiology
  • Radiography
  • Sepsis / microbiology
  • Spine / microbiology
  • Spine / pathology*
  • Staphylococcal Infections / drug therapy
  • Staphylococcal Infections / pathology*
  • Staphylococcal Infections / physiopathology
  • Staphylococcus aureus*
  • Thoracic Vertebrae / microbiology
  • Thoracic Vertebrae / pathology
  • Treatment Failure

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Floxacillin