Mycobacterium xenopi native vertebral osteomyelitis and discitis: Case & review of published cases
Daria Bekina-Sreenivasan,
Paul Saleeb,
Sarah A. Schmalzle
Affiliations
Daria Bekina-Sreenivasan
Mount Sinai Medical Center, Miami Beach, FL, USA
Paul Saleeb
Institute of Human Virology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA; Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Disease, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA; Corresponding author at: 725 W Lombard St, S420, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA.
Sarah A. Schmalzle
Institute of Human Virology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA; Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Disease, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA; Corresponding author at: 725 W Lombard St, N147, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA.
Mycobacterium xenopi is a rare cause of spinal osteomyelitis and discitis. Here we report the case of a 68-year-old woman with history of splenectomy for Felty’s syndrome who developed M. xenopi lumbar discitis and osteomyelitis following repeated corticosteroid spinal injections for chronic back pain. Review of the 18 cases of M. xenopi spinal osteomyelitis cases described in the literature revealed common threads of immunocompromised hosts and prior spinal manipulation.
