| Literature DB >> 31663049 |
Maarouf Hammoud1, Youssef Fares2, Roula Atoui3, Baraa Dabboucy4.
Abstract
Burkholderia cepacia is an important pathogen of humans in both immunocompromised and hospitalized patients. This uncommon pathogen is established to be the cause of pyogenic spondylodiscitis in only seven cases in the medical literature. Here, we report the cases of four patients who were diagnosed over two years period with Burkholderia cepacia spondylodiscitis and were successfully managed by appropriate antimicrobial treatment after open surgical biopsy was done for debridement and microbiological identification. 2019 Journal of Spine Surgery. All rights reserved.Entities:
Keywords: Burkholderia cepacia; Spondylodiscitis; osteomyelitis; pyogenic
Year: 2019 PMID: 31663049 PMCID: PMC6787361 DOI: 10.21037/jss.2019.07.02
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Spine Surg ISSN: 2414-4630