Open AccessTertebral Osteomyelitis Due to Capnocytophaga Species in Immunocompetent Patients: Report of Two Cases and Review
Author(s) -
Michel Duong,
J.F. Besancenot,
Catherine Neuwirth,
Marielle Buisson,
P. Chavanet,
H. Portier
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases/clinical infectious diseases (online. university of chicago. press)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1093/clinids/22.6.1099
Subject(s) - capnocytophaga , medicine , osteomyelitis , vertebral osteomyelitis , concomitant , periodontitis , antibiotic therapy , antibiotics , osteitis , surgery , microbiology and biotechnology , bacteria , biology , genetics
Vertebral osteomyelitis caused by Capnocytophaga species was diagnosed in two adults. One of these infections was due to C. ochracea and the other was due to C. sputigena. Both patients were immunocompetent and presented with concomitant periodontitis and gingivitis. The infections were eradicated by means of prolonged antibiotic therapy, combined in one case with surgical treatment. Capnocytophaga species should be considered a potential cause of vertebral osteomyelitis in immunocompetent patients, especially in the presence of oral pathology.