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Haemophilus aphrophilus discitis and vertebral osteomyelitis
J C O'Driscoll1, G S Keene, M J Weinbren
1Department of Microbiology, RTR Healthcare NHS Trust, Queen Mary's University Hospital, Roehampton, London, UK.
Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases
|January 1, 1995
Abstract:
An unusual case of discitis and vertebral osteomyelitis due to Haemophilus aphrophilus is described. Infections due to this organism have usually responded to treatment with beta-lactam antibiotics. However, our isolate was resistant to third-generation cephalosporins which has not been reported previously in the world literature. The patient made a good clinical response to ciprofloxacin treatment.