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Vertebral Osteomyelitis Resulting from Hematogenous Spread of Vibrio Vulnificus Gastroenteritis

패혈증 비브리오균에 의한 위장관염에 이은 급성 화농성 척추염 1예

  • Ok, Hea Sung (Department of Internal Medicine, Samsung Changwon Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine) ;
  • Kim, Byeong Ki (Department of Internal Medicine, Samsung Changwon Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine) ;
  • Kim, Ki Hoon (Department of Internal Medicine, Samsung Changwon Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine) ;
  • Park, Man Je (Department of Internal Medicine, Samsung Changwon Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine) ;
  • Lee, Hyoun Soo (Department of Internal Medicine, Samsung Changwon Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine) ;
  • Wi, Yu Mi (Department of Internal Medicine, Samsung Changwon Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine) ;
  • Kang, Cheol-In (Division of Infectious Diseases, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine)
  • 옥혜성 (성균관대학교 의과대학 삼성창원병원 내과) ;
  • 김병기 (성균관대학교 의과대학 삼성창원병원 내과) ;
  • 김기훈 (성균관대학교 의과대학 삼성창원병원 내과) ;
  • 박만제 (성균관대학교 의과대학 삼성창원병원 내과) ;
  • 이현수 (성균관대학교 의과대학 삼성창원병원 내과) ;
  • 위유미 (성균관대학교 의과대학 삼성창원병원 내과) ;
  • 강철인 (성균관대학교 의과대학 삼성서울병원 감염내과)
  • Received : 2013.04.14
  • Accepted : 2013.08.12
  • Published : 2014.04.01
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Abstract

Vibrio vulnificus is a halophilic gram-negative bacillus capable of causing severe to life-threatening infections in high-risk populations. Osteomyelitis caused by V. vulnificus is extremely rare, and a previously reported case had been associated with an adjacent soft-tissue infection. Herein we report the first case of vertebral osteomyelitis resulting from hematogenous spread of V. vulnificus gastroenteritis. The patient was successfully treated with a combination of cefotaxime and ciprofloxacin.

본 저자들은 문헌에 보고된 바가 없는 패혈증 비브리오균에 의한 위장관염에 이은 급성 화농성 척추염을 경험하였기에 문헌고찰과 함께 보고하는 바이다.

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