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Provedor de dados: | 55
País: | Brazil
Título: | Cervical spondylitis and spinal abscess due to Actinomyces meyeri
Autores: | Duvignaud,Alexandre; Ribeiro,Emmanuel; Moynet,Daniel; Longy-Boursier,Maïté; Malvy,Denis.
Data: | 2014-01-01
Ano: | 2014
Palavras-chave: | Actinomyces; Spondylitis; MALDI–TOF mass spectrometry; 16S rRNA.
Resumo: | Human actinomycosis with involvement of the spine is a rare condition although it has been first described a long time ago. It is probably underrecognized since its clinical presentation is often misleading and accurate bacteriological diagnosis is challenging. We herein report a rare case of cervical actinomycosis with paravertebral abscess and spondylitis imputed to an infection by Actinomyces meyeri in a 52-year-old immunocompetent Caucasian man. A. meyeri should be considered as a potential cause for subacute or chronic spondylitis, even in immunocompetent subjects. Modern diagnostic tools such as Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption–Ionization Time of Flight mass spectrometry and 16S rRNA sequencing are efficient for accurate microbiological identification.
Tipo: | Info:eu-repo/semantics/report
Idioma: | Inglês
Identificador: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702014000100106
Editor: | Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases
Relação: | 10.1016/j.bjid.2013.05.016
Formato: | text/html
Fonte: | Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases  v.18 n.1 2014
Fonte: | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess