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Corynebacterium xerosis as a cause of vertebral osteomyelitis
1Division of Infectious Diseases, Veterans Administration Medical Center, Johnson City, Tennessee 37684.
Journal of Clinical Microbiology
|December 1, 1989
Abstract:
We report a patient who developed Corynebacterium xerosis vertebral osteomyelitis 6 months following a decompressive laminectomy. Prolonged parenteral and subsequent oral therapy for 11 months resulted in apparent cure. This is the first reported case of vertebral osteomyelitis caused by C. xerosis.