Lumbar vertebral osteomyelitis with mycotic abdominal aortic aneurysm caused by highly penicillin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae.
Publication/Presentation Date
12-1-1999
Abstract
We present a case of vertebral osteomyelitis with an adjacent abdominal aortic mycotic aneurysm caused by a highly penicillin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae strain. The occurrence of all three phenomena in a single patient has not been previously described. This presentation offers the opportunity to reflect on the increasing incidence of S. pneumoniae as a resistant pathogen, the treatment of highly penicillin-resistant S. pneumoniae, and the etiologic agents of both vertebral osteomyelitis and mycotic aneurysm.
Volume
37
Issue
12
First Page
4198
Last Page
4200
ISSN
0095-1137
Published In/Presented At
Naktin, J., & DeSimone, J. (1999). Lumbar vertebral osteomyelitis with mycotic abdominal aortic aneurysm caused by highly penicillin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae. Journal of clinical microbiology, 37(12), 4198–4200. https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.37.12.4198-4200.1999
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences
PubMedID
10565966
Department(s)
Department of Medicine
Document Type
Article