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[Bacterial spondylitis caused by Haemophilus aphrophilus]
1Klinikum Mannheim, Institut für Medizinische Mikrobiologie und Hygiene.
Abstract:
Four weeks after a slight scratch a 43-year-old man noted a severe back pain. Physical examination gave suspicion of a bacterial spondylitis. From the biopsy of the involved vertebral body Haemophilus aphrophilus was isolated under aerobic growth conditions.