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Corynebacterium xerosis as a cause of vertebral osteomyelitis.

Journal of clinical microbiology ·Vol. 27 ·No. 12 ·1989-12-00 ·Pages 2869-70

Krish G, Beaver W, Sarubbi F, Verghese A

Abstract

We report a patient who developed Corynebacterium xerosis vertebral osteomyelitis 6 months following a decompressive laminectomy. Prolonged parenteral and subsequent oral therapy for 11 months resulted in apparent cure. This is the first reported case of vertebral osteomyelitis caused by C. xerosis.

MeSH Terms
Biopsy, Needle Corynebacterium/isolation & purification Corynebacterium Infections/etiology Humans Lumbar Vertebrae/microbiology Male Middle Aged Osteomyelitis/etiology
Authors & Affiliations
4 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID
Krish G
Division of Infectious Diseases, Veterans Administration Medical Center, Johnson City, Tennessee 37684.
Beaver W
Sarubbi F
Verghese A
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Article Info
Journal
Journal of clinical microbiology
Abbr.
J Clin Microbiol
ISSN
0095-1137
DOI
10.1128/jcm.27.12.2869-2870.1989
Published
1989-12-00
Pages
2869-70
Language
English
Region
United States
NLM ID
7505564
PMCID
PMC267148
Subset
IM
External Links
PubMed source DOI: 10.1128/jcm.27.12.2869-2870.1989 PMC Full Text View journal details
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