Vertebral osteomyelitis and discitis due to Gardnerella vaginalis

Simon Graham; Claire Howes; Robert Dunsmuir; Jonathan Sandoe

doi:10.1099/jmm.0.007781-0

Vertebral osteomyelitis and discitis due to Gardnerella vaginalis

J Med Microbiol. 2009 Oct;58(Pt 10):1382-1384. doi: 10.1099/jmm.0.007781-0. Epub 2009 Jun 18.

Authors

Simon Graham¹, Claire Howes¹, Robert Dunsmuir¹, Jonathan Sandoe^{2

1}

Affiliations

¹ Academic Department of Trauma and Orthopaedics, University of Leeds, School of Medicine, Clarendon Wing A, Leeds General Infirmary Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Great George Street, Leeds LS1 3EX, UK.
² Academic Department of Microbiology, University of Leeds, School of Medicine, Old Medical School, Thoresby Place, Leeds General Infirmary Teaching Hospitals, Great George Street, Leeds LS1 3EX, UK.

PMID: 19541786
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.007781-0

Abstract

Gardnerella vaginalis is a facultative anaerobic Gram-variable pleomorphic rod that forms part of the normal vaginal flora. It is most commonly associated with infection of the genital tract in women, but recognition of extravaginal G. vaginalis infection is becoming more frequent. We describe an unusual case of G. vaginalis vertebral osteomyelitis and discitis in a 38-year-old woman with no apparent predisposing factors.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Bacterial Infections / diagnosis
Bacterial Infections / etiology
Bacterial Infections / microbiology*
Base Sequence
DNA Primers / genetics
Discitis / diagnosis
Discitis / etiology
Discitis / microbiology*
Female
Gardnerella vaginalis / genetics
Gardnerella vaginalis / isolation & purification
Gardnerella vaginalis / pathogenicity*
Genes, Bacterial
Humans
Lumbar Vertebrae
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Osteomyelitis / diagnosis
Osteomyelitis / etiology
Osteomyelitis / microbiology*
RNA, Bacterial / genetics
RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / genetics

Substances

DNA Primers
RNA, Bacterial
RNA, Ribosomal, 16S