Atypical Mycobacterial Vertebral Osteomyelitis: Case Report and Review

Mycobacterium abscessus, a rapidly growing mycobacteria, has been implicated as a cause of posttraumatic infections of the skin, soft tissues, and long bones; chronic lung infections; endocarditis; keratitis; and disseminated disease in immunocompromised hosts. We describe the first case of vertebra...

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Published in:Clinical infectious diseases 1998-02, Vol.26 (2), p.503-505
Main Authors: Sarria, Juan C., Chutkan, Norman B., Figueroa, Julio E., Hull, Anne
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Abscesses
Atypical mycobacteria
Bacterial arthritis and osteitis
Bacterial diseases
Biological and medical sciences
Bones
Brief Reports
Debridement
Human bacterial diseases
Humans
Infections
Infectious diseases
Low back pain
Lungs
Male
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Mycobacterium
Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous - diagnostic imaging
Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous - microbiology
Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous - physiopathology
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria - isolation & purification
Osteomyelitis
Osteomyelitis - diagnostic imaging
Osteomyelitis - microbiology
Osteomyelitis - physiopathology
Radiography
Tuberculosis, Spinal - diagnostic imaging
Tuberculosis, Spinal - microbiology
Tuberculosis, Spinal - physiopathology
Weight loss
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Summary:Mycobacterium abscessus, a rapidly growing mycobacteria, has been implicated as a cause of posttraumatic infections of the skin, soft tissues, and long bones; chronic lung infections; endocarditis; keratitis; and disseminated disease in immunocompromised hosts. We describe the first case of vertebral osteomyelitis due to M. abscessus in an otherwise healthy individual and review previous reports of vertebral infections caused by atypical mycobacteria.
ISSN:1058-4838
1537-6591
DOI:10.1086/517096