Cervical Osteomyelitis and Urinary-Tract Infection Caused byEscherichia coli
- 12 October 1950
- journal article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 243 (15) , 562-563
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm195010122431503
Abstract
CERVICAL osteomyelitis secondary to urinary-tract infection with Escherichia coli is rare. Kusunoki1 was able to find reports of only 6 cases of osteomyelitis as a complication of urinary-tract infection. Three patients had metastatic abscesses in the vertebral column — 2 in the lumbar area, and 1 in the dorsal region. The other 3 had involvement of the humerus, femur and tibia. The causative organism was probably Staphylococcus aureus in 2 cases, staphylococcus (unspecified type) in 1 and Proteus vulgaris in 1, and in the other 2 cases the organism was not mentioned. The case reported by Kusunoki was a pyocyaneus . . .Keywords
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