A M. avium complex spondylodiscitis in a middle-aged woman with diabetes

Spondylodiscitis, the inflammation of the vertebral bodies and the intervertebral disk space, is the reason for low back pain in a minority of cases. This is caused by various pathogens. Mycobacterium tuberculosis is responsible for 17–39% of all the cases of spondylodiscitis. On the contrast, spondylodiscitis from non tuberculous mycobacteria is extremely rare in literature. We describe a 68 -year old diabetic woman which is the first case of bone marrow involvement by M. intracellulare (member of M avium complex)with spondylodiscitis.

• Publication year

  2017

• Venue

  Respiratory Medicine Case Reports

• Publication date

  2017-03-30

• Fields of study

  Medicine

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  DOI 10.1016/j.rmcr.2017.03.020PMID 28413773PMCID 5384322
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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