| Literature DB >> 16500791 |
C Lechiche1, V Le Moing, H Marchandin, G Chanques, N Atoui, J Reynes.
Abstract
Non-iatrogenic spondylodiscitis caused by anaerobic bacteria remains exceptional. We describe 2 cases of spondylodiscitis with epidural abscess due to Bacteroides fragilis, 1 after colonoscopy with biopsy and 1 in a cirrhotic patient. The clinical and imaging findings were not discriminant relative to other pyogenic spondylodiscitis. One should consider B. fragilis when treating a spondylodiscitis with epidural abscess, especially in patients with a possibly digestive portal of entry.Entities:
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Year: 2006 PMID： 16500791 DOI： 10.1080/00365540500349018
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Scand J Infect Dis ISSN： 0036-5548