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Case Reports
. 2014 Oct;52(10):3813-5.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.00983-14. Epub 2014 Jul 23.

Lumbar discitis caused by Clostridium perfringens

Romain Lotte  1 , M R Popoff  2 , Nicolas Degand  3 , Laurene Lotte  3 , Philippe Bouvet  2 , Guillaume Baudin  4 , Eric Cua  5 , Pierre-Marie Roger  6 , Raymond Ruimy  7
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Lumbar discitis caused by Clostridium perfringens

Romain Lotte et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2014 Oct.

Abstract

We report here a rare case of chronic lumbar discitis caused by Clostridium perfringens in an elderly patient that was treated with a combination of β-lactams and clindamycin. Molecular analysis performed on the strain revealed an unusual toxin gene pattern.

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Computed tomography images of an axial section of a soft-tissue window on the L4-L5 disk (A) and a sagittal section of a bone window (B) are shown. A large central gas bubble (white star), erosions of the endplates (thin arrows), and fluid collection with a gas bubble in the left paraspinal soft tissues (wide arrow) are indicated.
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