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SUBMITTER: Sono T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6112214 | biostudies-literature | 2018
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Sono Takashi T Takemoto Mitsuru M Shinohara Koh K Tsuchido Yasuhiro Y
Case reports in orthopedics 20180814
An 81-year-old man presented with severe back pain. Magnetic resonance imaging detected L5/S discitis without signs of epidural abscess. Punctures of the disc revealed that the causative organism was <i>Gemella morbillorum (G. morbillorum)</i>, which is part of the normal flora of the oral cavity and an uncommon causative pathogen of spondylodiscitis. The E-test method was useful for rapid susceptibility testing. Intravenous penicillin G treatment was effective, and the patient recovered without ...[more]