Diagnosis and treatment of fusobacterium nucleatum discitis and vertebral osteomyelitis: Case report and review of the literature

Spine

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Ramos, Amanda ^a   Berbari, Elie ^b   Huddleston, Paul ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

discitis; Fusobacterium; management; spine; vertebral osteomyelitis

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CLINDAMYCIN; ERTAPENEM; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BONE BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISKITIS; EDEMA; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUSOBACTERIUM NUCLEATUM; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOLYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPONDYLITIS; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADULT; AMOXICILLIN; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BETA-LACTAMS; BRACES; CLAVULANIC ACID; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DISCITIS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FUSOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; FUSOBACTERIUM NUCLEATUM; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOMYELITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84872932693     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e31827b4d61     Document Type: Article

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