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Non-contiguous multifocal Staphylococcus aureus discitis: involvement of the cervical, thoracic and lumbar spine
Mario Teo1, Rikin Trivedi, Mary Murphy
1Department of Neurosurgery, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK. marioteo@doctors.org.uk
Acta Neurochirurgica
|May 6, 2009
Abstract
Introduction:
Multilevel discitis is rare, and classically due to granulomatous organisms like Mycobacterium tuberculosis, brucella and fungal species.
Conclusion:
We report a case of non-contiguous multilevel synchronous bacterial discitis involving cervical, thoracic and lumbar discs, attributable to Staphylococcus aureus.
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