Spondylodiscitis due to Peptostreptococcus spp: A case report

Parvimonas micra as a causative organism of spondylodiscitis: a report of two cases and a literature review

“…micra as a pathogen in spondylodiscitis might be underestimated due to the difficulty of culturing this anaerobic organism. 3 In case 3, the diagnosis of spondylodiscitis caused by P. micra was possible only by 16S rRNA, and culture was negative for P. micra. The reason for the negative culture results might have been previous exposure to antibiotics and/or inappropriate handling of the specimen.…”

“…The search revealed only five cases of spondylodiscitis caused by GPAC reported since 1980, including two cases of P. micra (under its former classification Peptostreptococcus micros), one case of Peptoniphilus asaccharolyticus, one case of Finegoldia magna, and one undetected case. 3 A brief summary of the two cases of spondylodiscitis due to P. micra reported previously (cases 1 and 2) and our two cases (cases 3 and 4) is given below; a clinical summary of these four cases is given in Table 1.…”

“…2 Although P. micra has been implicated in infections outside the oral cavity, 2 to our knowledge, few cases of P. micra spondylodiscitis have been reported. 3 Here we describe the diagnosis and successful treatment of two cases of spondylodiscitis caused by P. micra after detection using a relatively novel method, and compare these two cases with those described previously.…”

A rare association of rheumatoid arthritis and primary biliary cirrhosis treated with rituximab: a case report

“…The etanercept maintained the patient’s liver enzyme levels within the normal range and controlled the arthritis during follow-up of 30 months, in contrast to the infliximab [13]. Another two cases have been reported where the patients were treated with etanercept and MTX 4mg/week, obtaining a significant improvement in disease activity and liver function, maintained one year after starting etanercept [14,15]. …”

Determination of cephazolin, ceftazidime, and ceftriaxone distribution in nucleus pulposus

“…The specific microorganism, which causes the vast majority of disc space infections during open or percutaneous procedures, is Staphylococcus aureus [1,2,4]. However, Staphylococcus epidermidis, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, pneumococcus, Brucella and Escherichia coli are also commonly isolated [14][15][16].…”