Vertebral osteomyelitis and epidural abscess due to <i>Listeria monocytogenes</i> – case report and review of literature

O. I. Adebolu; J. Sommer; A. B. Idowu; N. Lao; T. Riaz

doi:10.5194/jbji-7-75-2022

Journal of Bone and Joint Infection (Apr 2022)

Vertebral osteomyelitis and epidural abscess due to <i>Listeria monocytogenes</i> – case report and review of literature

O. I. Adebolu,
J. Sommer,
A. B. Idowu,
N. Lao,
T. Riaz

Affiliations

O. I. Adebolu: Department of Internal Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Akron General Medical Center, Akron, Ohio, USA
J. Sommer: Department of Radiology, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
A. B. Idowu: College of Medicine, University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria
N. Lao: Department of Internal Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Akron General Medical Center, Akron, Ohio, USA
T. Riaz: Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5194/jbji-7-75-2022
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 7
pp. 75 – 79

Abstract

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We describe a case of native vertebral osteomyelitis (NVO) secondary to Listeria monocytogenes in a patient with polymyalgia rheumatica receiving chronic steroids. Treatment required surgical debridement of the epidural phlegmon and combination therapy with intravenous ampicillin and gentamicin.

Published in Journal of Bone and Joint Infection

ISSN: 2206-3552 (Online)
Publisher: Copernicus Publications
Country of publisher: Germany
LCC subjects: Medicine: Surgery: Orthopedic surgery
Website: https://www.journal-of-bone-and-joint-infection.net/

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