Parvimonas micra as a causative organism of spondylodiscitis: A report of two cases and a literature review

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 23, Issue , 2014, Pages 53-55

  Uemura, Haruka ^a   Hayakawa, Kayoko ^a   Shimada, Kayo ^a   Tojo, Masayoshi ^a   Nagamatsu, Maki ^a   Miyoshi Akiyama, Tohru ^a   Tamura, Saeko ^a   Mesaki, Kazuhisa ^a   Yamamoto, Kei ^a   Yanagawa, Yasuaki ^a   Sugihara, Jun ^a   Kutsuna, Satoshi ^a   Takeshita, Nozomi ^a   Shoda, Naoki ^a   Hagiwara, Akiyoshi ^a   Kirikae, Teruo ^a   Ohmagari, Norio ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR GLOBAL HEALTH AND MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

16S rRNA gene sequencing; Anaerobic bacteria; Parvimonas micra; Peptostreptococcus micros; Spondylodiscitis

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; CLINDAMYCIN; DORIPENEM; LEVOFLOXACIN; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; RNA 16S; SULTAMICILLIN;

AGED; ANOREXIA; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTENSION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; LOW BACK PAIN; MALAISE; MALE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARVIMONAS MICRA; PERIODONTITIS; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; TREATMENT DURATION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; DISCITIS; FACTUAL DATABASE; FUSOBACTERIUM NUCLEATUM; GENETICS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE COCCI; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DISCITIS; FEMALE; FUSOBACTERIUM NUCLEATUM; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE COCCI; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; TOMOGRAPHY SCANNERS, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84899499733     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: 18783511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2014.02.007     Document Type: Article

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