Case Report of Infectious Spondylitis Caused by <i>Kytococcus sedentarius</i>
Background: <i>Kytococcus</i> species has not been considered a pathogen, but infections caused by this species are increasing. There are several cases of infections caused by <i>Kytococcus sedentarius,</i> but no case of infectious spondylitis has been reported yet. Case pre...
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| description | Background: <i>Kytococcus</i> species has not been considered a pathogen, but infections caused by this species are increasing. There are several cases of infections caused by <i>Kytococcus sedentarius,</i> but no case of infectious spondylitis has been reported yet. Case presentation: A 79-year-old female patient was hospitalized because of back pain for several months. She was diagnosed with infectious spondylitis, and <i>K. sedentarius</i> was cultured from the pus and specimen obtained during the surgical procedure. The patient recovered completely without recurrence after 6 months of treatment with ciprofloxacin alone for 8 weeks. Conclusion: This is the first case report of infectious spondylitis caused by <i>K. sedentarius</i>. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-26f558175f4845c8aa5435303f6629ed2023-11-22T08:36:15ZengMDPI AGMedicina1010-660X1648-91442021-08-0157879710.3390/medicina57080797Case Report of Infectious Spondylitis Caused by <i>Kytococcus sedentarius</i>Kyoung Ree Lim0Jun Seong Son1Soo-youn Moon2Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon 24289, KoreaDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Kyung Hee University Hospital at Gangdong, Seoul 05278, KoreaDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Kyung Hee University Hospital at Gangdong, Seoul 05278, KoreaBackground: <i>Kytococcus</i> species has not been considered a pathogen, but infections caused by this species are increasing. There are several cases of infections caused by <i>Kytococcus sedentarius,</i> but no case of infectious spondylitis has been reported yet. Case presentation: A 79-year-old female patient was hospitalized because of back pain for several months. She was diagnosed with infectious spondylitis, and <i>K. sedentarius</i> was cultured from the pus and specimen obtained during the surgical procedure. The patient recovered completely without recurrence after 6 months of treatment with ciprofloxacin alone for 8 weeks. Conclusion: This is the first case report of infectious spondylitis caused by <i>K. sedentarius</i>.https://www.mdpi.com/1648-9144/57/8/797<i>Kytococcus sedentarius</i>infectious spondylitis<i>Kytococcus</i> spp.spine infection |
| spellingShingle | Kyoung Ree Lim Jun Seong Son Soo-youn Moon Case Report of Infectious Spondylitis Caused by <i>Kytococcus sedentarius</i> Medicina <i>Kytococcus sedentarius</i> infectious spondylitis <i>Kytococcus</i> spp. spine infection |
| title | Case Report of Infectious Spondylitis Caused by <i>Kytococcus sedentarius</i> |
| title_full | Case Report of Infectious Spondylitis Caused by <i>Kytococcus sedentarius</i> |
| title_fullStr | Case Report of Infectious Spondylitis Caused by <i>Kytococcus sedentarius</i> |
| title_full_unstemmed | Case Report of Infectious Spondylitis Caused by <i>Kytococcus sedentarius</i> |
| title_short | Case Report of Infectious Spondylitis Caused by <i>Kytococcus sedentarius</i> |
| title_sort | case report of infectious spondylitis caused by i kytococcus sedentarius i |
| topic | <i>Kytococcus sedentarius</i> infectious spondylitis <i>Kytococcus</i> spp. spine infection |
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