Lumbar Discitis Caused by Clostridium perfringens

Romain Lotte; Michel Popoff; Nicolas Degand; Laurène Lotte; Philippe Bouvet; Guillaume Baudin; Eric Cua; Pierre-Marie Roger; Raymond Ruimy

doi:10.1128/JCM.00983-14

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Lumbar Discitis Caused by Clostridium perfringens

Romain Lotte ^{1, 2, *} Michel Popoff ³ Nicolas Degand ² Laurène Lotte ² Philippe Bouvet ³ Guillaume Baudin ² Eric Cua ² Pierre-Marie Roger ^{1, 2} Raymond Ruimy ^{4, 1}

* Corresponding author

1 UNS - Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (1965 - 2019)

2 CHU Nice - Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice

3 CNR - Centre National de Référence des Bactéries Anaérobies et Botulisme - National Reference Center Anaerobic Bacteria and Botulism

4 Hôpital l'Archet

Abstract : We report here a rare case of chronic lumbar discitis caused by Clostridium perfringens in an elderly patient that was treated with a combination of β-lactams and clindamycin. Molecular analysis performed on the strain revealed an unusual toxin gene pattern.

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Life Sciences [q-bio] / Toxicology

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