We report the case of a 24-year-old woman with cystic fibrosis in whom spondylodiscitis developed after bilateral sequential transplantation. The diagnostic work-up included magnetic resonance imaging, computed tomography-guided disk biopsy, histological examination, and cultures of disk specimens. The infective organism was D group Streptococcus and the patient was successfully treated with intravenous piperacillin followed by oral ampicillin. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of spondylodiscitis after lung transplantation.
Spondylodiscitis after bilateral sequential lung transplantation in a patient with cystic fibrosis / Quattrucci, Serena; P., Canuzzi; S., Bertasi; A. D., Grzejdziak; Midulla, Fabio; G., Cruciti; E., Melis. - In: TRANSPLANT INFECTIOUS DISEASE. - ISSN 1398-2273. - 6:1(2004), pp. 41-45. [10.1111/j.1399-3062.2004.00042.x]
Spondylodiscitis after bilateral sequential lung transplantation in a patient with cystic fibrosis
QUATTRUCCI, Serena;MIDULLA, Fabio;
2004
Abstract
We report the case of a 24-year-old woman with cystic fibrosis in whom spondylodiscitis developed after bilateral sequential transplantation. The diagnostic work-up included magnetic resonance imaging, computed tomography-guided disk biopsy, histological examination, and cultures of disk specimens. The infective organism was D group Streptococcus and the patient was successfully treated with intravenous piperacillin followed by oral ampicillin. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of spondylodiscitis after lung transplantation.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
