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18-04-2022 | Bone Infection | General Gynecology

Vaginal microbiota as an unusual cause of spondylodiscitis

Authors: Agnieszka Kolakowska, Fatma El Alaoui, Heida Ben Alba, Salima Challal, Etienne Carbonnelle, Françoise Jaureguy

Published in: Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics | Issue 1/2022

Abstract

The incidence of extra pelvic infections due to vaginal microflora bacteria has increased as growth media and methods of isolation have improved. However, bone infections seem to be still relatively rare, and little is known about their risk factors, clinical presentation, treatment and final outcome. We describe here a spondylodiscitis due to Gardnerella vaginalis, Atopobium vaginae, Peptostreptococcus indolicus and Prevotella amnii, anaerobic bacteria from vaginal microbiota. Our patient had no obvious predisposing factor and recovered after antibiotic treatment. To our knowledge, this case is the first reported spondylodiscitis caused by polymicrobial vaginal flora in a healthy, immunocompetent woman.

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Title: Vaginal microbiota as an unusual cause of spondylodiscitis
Authors: Agnieszka Kolakowska
Fatma El Alaoui
Heida Ben Alba
Salima Challal
Etienne Carbonnelle
Françoise Jaureguy
Publication date: 18-04-2022
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Keywords: Bone Infection
Metronidazole
Antibiotic
Clindamycin
Respiratory Microbiota
Spondylodiscitis
Back Pain
Back Pain
Back Pain
Published in: Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics / Issue 1/2022
Print ISSN: 0932-0067
Electronic ISSN: 1432-0711
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00404-022-06432-4

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