Antony S J
El Paso Cancer Treatment Center, Texas Oncology 79915, USA.
J Natl Med Assoc. 1997 Sep;89(9):634-5.
Primary vertebral osteomyelitis in a rare presentation of pneumococcal infection especially in an asymptomatic patient with no primary focus of infection. This report describes a patient who presented with lower back pain in which the magnetic resonance imaging showed little evidence of L1 and L2 vertebral body destruction. Cultures from these vertebral bodies grew penicillin and third-generation resistant pneumococcus. The patient was treated successfully with 6 weeks of vancomycin and rifampin.
原发性椎体骨髓炎是肺炎球菌感染的一种罕见表现,尤其是在没有原发性感染灶的无症状患者中。本报告描述了一名出现下背部疼痛的患者,其磁共振成像显示L1和L2椎体破坏迹象不明显。从这些椎体培养出青霉素和第三代耐药肺炎球菌。该患者接受了6周的万古霉素和利福平治疗,治疗成功。