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Osteoarticular Infections Caused by Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae: Case Report and Literature Review
Alexis Maillard1, Yara Wakim1, Oula Itani1
1Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Sorbonne Université, Pitié-Salpêtrière hospital, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France.
Open Forum Infectious Diseases
|October 28, 2021
Abstract:
We present a case of Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae spondylodiscitis in an otherwise healthy man, occurring 1 year after exposure. The patient was cured after 6 weeks of treatment with amoxicillin followed by ciprofloxacin without surgery. Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae can cause severe osteoarticular infections with a delayed presentation following exposure to the pathogen.
