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Danielle Jaafar1, Maroun Rizkallah2, Firas Atallah3
1Department of Medicine, Hôtel Dieu de France, University Medical Center, Saint-Joseph University, P.O. Box 16683, Achrafieh, Lebanon.
Case Reports in Orthopedics
|November 23, 2017
Abstract:
Burkholderia cepacia spondylodiscitis is a rare entity that has been reported in only four cases. We hereby report the case of a 43-year-old, previously healthy, woman who was found to have a B. cepacia spondylodiscitis after a cholecystectomy. She was treated with a three-month regimen of ceftazidime and ciprofloxacin with complete clinical, biological, and radiological remission.
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