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Pyogenic Spondylitis Caused by Staphylococcus schleiferi in a Patient with Crohn's Disease
- Source :
- Internal Medicine. 61:577-580
- Publication Year :
- 2022
- Publisher :
- Japanese Society of Internal Medicine, 2022.
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Abstract
- Staphylococcus schleiferi has rarely been reported to cause pyogenic spondylitis. A 42-year-old man had been treated for Crohn's disease with immunosuppressive agents and home parenteral nutrition via a central vein (CV) port. The patient was admitted to our hospital, presenting with neck pain and a fever. A neurological examination showed slight weakness in his left-hand muscles, and he was diagnosed with pyogenic spondylitis of C6 and C7 vertebral bodies due to catheter-related blood stream infection caused by S. schleiferi. An early diagnosis by magnetic resonance imaging, CV port removal and antibiotic therapy targeting S. schleiferi improved his symptoms.
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
Crohn's disease
Neck pain
biology
medicine.diagnostic_test
business.industry
Neurological examination
General Medicine
biology.organism_classification
medicine.disease
Dermatology
medicine.anatomical_structure
Parenteral nutrition
Port (medical)
Staphylococcus schleiferi
Internal Medicine
medicine
medicine.symptom
Vein
business
Spondylitis
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 13497235 and 09182918
- Volume :
- 61
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Internal Medicine
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........296927b6a5fd4274c163bb51f599f7ee