Spondylodiscitis due to Peptostreptococcus spp: A case report

Joint Bone Spine

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 104-105

  Fraisse, Thibaut ^a   Lavigne, Jean Philippe ^a   Lechiche, Catherine ^a   Leroux, Jean Louis ^a   Sotto, Albert ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF NEUROLOGY   (France)

Author keywords

Peptostreptococcus; Spondylodiscitis

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; CLAVULANIC ACID; CLINDAMYCIN; GENTAMICIN;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CASE REPORT; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; LETTER; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; PEPTOSTREPTOCOCCUS;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AGED; AMOXICILLIN; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACK PAIN; CLAVULANIC ACID; CLINDAMYCIN; DISCITIS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IMMOBILIZATION; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; PEPTOSTREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 58249144419     PISSN: 1297319X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbspin.2008.01.029     Document Type: Letter

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