RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Infectious discitis caused by Enterobacter cloacae.
JF Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
JO Ann Rheum Dis
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and European League Against Rheumatism
SP 906
OP 907
DO 10.1136/ard.51.7.906
VO 51
IS 7
A1 Solans, R
A1 Simeon, P
A1 Cuenca, R
A1 Fonollosa, V
A1 Bago, J
A1 Vilardell, M
YR 1992
UL http://ard.bmj.com/content/51/7/906.abstract
AB The case is reported of a patient who developed a vertebral osteomyelitis caused by Enterobacter cloacae. The organism was isolated in cultures of blood and vertebral puncture biopsy samples. The patient was satisfactorily treated with trimethroprim and sulphamethoxazole. Enterobacter cloacae, a Gram negative organism, has been confirmed as the cause of bacteremia in patients with burns, urinary infections, in adults with pneumonia, and in children with joint infections. Spondylodiscitis caused by Enterobacter cloacae has not previously been described.