Spondylitis with an Epidural Abscess due to Mycobacterium fortuitum: A Case Report.
10.3904/kjm.2015.88.6.728
- Author:
Ji Ho JEON
1
;
Min Joo CHOI
;
Dae Won PARK
;
Won Suk CHOI
Author Information
1. Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. cmcwa@hanmail.net
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Mycobacterium fortuitum;
Spondylitis;
Epidural abscess
- MeSH:
Acupuncture;
Epidural Abscess*;
Immunocompromised Host;
Korea;
Mycobacterium fortuitum*;
Skin;
Soft Tissue Infections;
Spinal Stenosis;
Spondylitis*
- From:Korean Journal of Medicine
2015;88(6):728-731
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Mycobacterium fortuitum is a rapidly growing mycobacteria that causes skin and soft tissue infection, pulmonary infection, and occasionally disseminated disease in severely immunocompromised patients. While three cases of spondylitis caused by M. fortuitum have been reported, no case has been reported in Korea. We describe the first reported case of M. fortuitum spondylitis and an epidural abscess after lumbar acupuncture, and a surgical procedure to treat spinal stenosis.
