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Three-year outcome in a patient with Staphylococcus lugdunensis discitis
Mildreth Camacho1, Sandrine Guis, Jean-Pierre Mattei
1Rheumatology department, hĵpital de la Conception, Marseilles, France.
Joint Bone Spine
|February 23, 2002
Abstract:
The few reported cases of bone and joint infection by Staphylococcus lugdunensis indicate that the clinical manifestations are severe, the diagnosis elusive, and the treatment difficult. We report a case of lumbar discitis caused by Staphylococcus lugdunensis in a 67-year-old man receiving chemotherapy for stage III IgA lambda multiple myeloma. Treatment was with ofloxacin and pristinamycin for 1 year. Although he started to improve only 5 months after treatment initiation, the outcome was favorable. Follow-up at the time of this writing is 3 years.