Authors: Smits, Jeroen¹; Peltenburg, Henny¹; Mooi-Kokenberg, Esther²; Koster, Ted¹

Source: Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases, Volume 38, Numbers 6-7, -7/July 2006 , pp. 575-576(2)

Publisher: Informa Healthcare

Abstract:

Infectious spondylodiscitis results from local or haematogenous infection by microorganisms of intervertebral disc spaces, vertebral bodies and surrounding structures. Haematogenous invasion may follow urosepsis. We report on a case of septic spondylodiscitis following urosepsis with Proteus mirabilis, a frequently isolated microorganism in urinary tract infections but rarely in spondylodiscitis.

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00365540500504141

Affiliations: 1: From the Departments of Internal Medicine 2: Medical Microbiology, Groene Hart Ziekenhuis, Gouda, The Netherlands

Publication date: 2006-07-01

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