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Lumbar Discitis Caused by Clostridium perfringens |
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| Authors: | Romain Lotte M. R. Popoff Nicolas Degand Laurene Lotte Philippe Bouvet Guillaume Baudin Eric Cua Pierre-Marie Roger Raymond Ruimy |
| Affiliation: | aDepartment of Bacteriology, Nice Academic Hospital, Nice, France;bNice Medical University, Nice-Sophia Antipolis University, Nice, France;cCentre de Référence des Bactéries Anaérobies et du Botulisme, Pasteur Institute, Paris, France;dDepartment of Radiology, Nice Academic Hospital, Nice, France;eDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Nice Academic Hospital, Nice, France |
| Abstract: | We report here a rare case of chronic lumbar discitis caused by Clostridium perfringens in an elderly patient that was treated with a combination of β-lactams and clindamycin. Molecular analysis performed on the strain revealed an unusual toxin gene pattern. |
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