Helicobacter cinaedi causes bacteremia, cellulitis, and gastroenteritis. We report the first case of vertebral osteomyelitis caused by H. cinaedi in an elderly man with low back pain and fever. The pathogen was detected in blood and lumbar disc, and the infection was successfully treated with oral doxycycline for 11 weeks.

Received: April 3, 2013 Accepted for publication: December 25, 2013 From the Emergency Department, Hsinchu Cathay General Hospital Address reprint requests and correspondence: Dr. Cho-Chao Feng Emergency Department, Hsinchu Cathay General Hospital 678 Section 2, Zhonghua Road, Hsinchu, Taiwan (R.O.C.) Tel: (03)5278999 ext 1191 Fax: (03)5261499 E-mail: [email protected] Vertebral Osteomyeli...

These guidelines should not be construed as including all proper methods of care or excluding other acceptable methods of care reasonably directed to obtaining the same results. The ultimate judgment regarding any specific clinical procedure or treatment must be made by the physician in light of the circumstances presented by the patient. Vertebral Osteomyelitis, Discitis, and Spinal Epidural A...

Bone and joint infection (BJI) treatment is challenging with significant morbidity mortality. Dalbavancin a semi-synthetic lipoglycopeptide analogue of the teicoplanin class that exhibits bactericidal activity long half-life. The use dalbavancin may be an option in cases gram-positive BJI. From November 2017 to April 2019, was used monotherapy as salvage for BJI, follows: 1500 mg, 1st (D1) 8th ...

INTRODUCTION A case of thoracic vertebral osteomyelitis due to Salmonella enteritis (SE) in an immunocompetent patient is reported. This is the third case in the literature of SE thoracic vertebral osteomyelitis, but the first one with this multi-foci presentation and finally fatal outcome due to meningoencephalitis. Further data that makes our case unique are the absence of fever (body tempera...