Spondylodiscitis Due to Clostridium ramosum Infection in an Immunocompetent Elderly Patient

AUTOR(ES)

Lavigne, Jean-Philippe

FONTE

American Society for Microbiology

RESUMO

The first ever case of spondylodiscitis caused by Clostridium ramosum in an elderly immunocompetent patient has been reported. C. ramosum is usually an intestinal bacterium but may occasionally be isolated in clinical specimens as an opportunistic pathogen. This report shows that this anaerobic organism can cause bone tropism without there having been any contamination due to spinal surgery. The infection cleared after empirical therapy using intravenous amoxicillin and oral metronidazole.

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