TY - JOUR
T1 - Successfully treated spondylodiscitis due to a previously unreported mycobacterium
AU - Tortoli, Enrico
AU - Mantella, Antonia
AU - Mariottini, Alessandro
AU - Mazzarelli, Gianna
AU - Pecile, Patrizia
AU - Rogasi, Pier G.
AU - Sterrantino, Gaetana
AU - Fantoni, Elisa
AU - Leoncini, Francesco
PY - 2006/1
Y1 - 2006/1
N2 - A non-tuberculous mycobacterium was isolated, following a vertebral needle aspiration, from the blood of a patient with severe spondylodiscitis. The strain turned out to be different from any known mycobacterial species and was quite drug-susceptible in vitro. The patient improved markedly following treatment with meropenem, clarithromycin and amikacin.
AB - A non-tuberculous mycobacterium was isolated, following a vertebral needle aspiration, from the blood of a patient with severe spondylodiscitis. The strain turned out to be different from any known mycobacterial species and was quite drug-susceptible in vitro. The patient improved markedly following treatment with meropenem, clarithromycin and amikacin.
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U2 - 10.1099/jmm.0.46256-0
DO - 10.1099/jmm.0.46256-0
M3 - Article
C2 - 16388040
AN - SCOPUS:29744436187
SN - 0022-2615
VL - 55
SP - 119
EP - 121
JO - Journal of Medical Microbiology
JF - Journal of Medical Microbiology
IS - 1
ER -