[Pasteurella dagmatis: an unusual cause of vertebral osteomyelitis]

C Garcia-Hejl; C Bigaillon; C Garcia; O Dupuy; C Gros; E Garrabe; J-D Cavallo

doi:10.1016/j.patbio.2007.02.002

[Pasteurella dagmatis: an unusual cause of vertebral osteomyelitis]

Pathol Biol (Paris). 2007 Sep;55(7):340-2. doi: 10.1016/j.patbio.2007.02.002. Epub 2007 Mar 27.

[Article in French]

Authors

C Garcia-Hejl¹, C Bigaillon, C Garcia, O Dupuy, C Gros, E Garrabe, J-D Cavallo

Affiliation

¹ Laboratoire de biologie, hôpital d'instruction des armées Bégin, 69, avenue de Paris, 94160 Saint-Mandé, France.

PMID: 17391865
DOI: 10.1016/j.patbio.2007.02.002

Abstract

Vertebral osteomyelitis is a quite rare but severe cause of back pain in adults. Various causative organisms have been reported. Pasteurella species have rarely been isolated. We report here a case of vertebral osteomyelitis and consecutive cauda equina syndrome due to Pasteurella dagmatis in a 60-year-old diabetic man.

Publication types

Case Reports
English Abstract

MeSH terms

Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / complications
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Osteomyelitis / complications
Osteomyelitis / microbiology*
Pasteurella Infections / diagnosis*
Polyradiculopathy / microbiology
Spine / microbiology*