Streptobacillus moniliformis as the causative agent in spondylodiscitis and psoas abscess after rooster scratches.

ABSTRACT: We report a case of Streptobacillus moniliformis spondylodiscitis accompanied by a psoas abscess in an 80-year-old man scratched by a rooster. S. moniliformis was identified from abscess fluid by use of 16S rRNA gene sequencing. After 18 weeks of antimicrobial therapy, the clinical condition of the patient improved.

SUBMITTER: Dubois D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2519479 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature