Citrobacter youngae nosocomial bacteremia from postoperative pyogenic spondylodiscitis after a minimally invasive spinal surgery.

ABSTRACT: Citrobacter youngae (C. youngae) was first described in 1993, and data suggesting that human diseases caused by this bacterium remain scarce. Reports on C. youngae infections mostly described local infections without evidenced bacteremia, especially in immunocompromised patients. Herein, we report a rare case of bacteremia with intervertebral disc and adjacent vertebral infection due to C. youngae (detected by the Vitek^® 2 Compact). A 70-year-old man with chronic lower back pain due to lumbar disc herniation underwent microdiscectomy, a minimally invasive spinal surgery. On postoperative day 4, he suffered shaking chills with worsened lower back pain compared to that before the operation, and vancomycin plus ceftriaxone were empirically administered. Magnetic resonance imaging (

SUBMITTER: Thau NS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11653738 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature