First report of spondylodiscitis due to vancomycin heteroresistant Staphylococcus capitis in immunocompetent host.

Abstract

We report a successfully treated case of spondylodiscitis and bloodstream infection due to vancomycin heteroresistant Staphylococcus capitis, in an adult immunocompetent patient with multiple antibiotics intolerance. S. capitis is rarely involved in osteomyelitis and, to our knowledge, this is the first report of vancomycin heteroresistance phenomenon in an S. capitis strain causing spondylodiscitis.

• Authors: Claudia Bianco, Fabio Arena, Barbara Rossetti, Giacinta Tordini, Lucia Migliorini, Paolo Galluzzi, Alfonso Cerase, Andrea De Luca, Gian Maria Rossolini, Francesca Montagnani
• Journal: Journal of infection and chemotherapy : official journal of the Japan Society of Chemotherapy (J Infect Chemother) Vol. 20 Issue 10 Pg. 639-42 (Oct 2014) ISSN: 1437-7780 [Electronic] Netherlands
• PMID: 25131294 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)
• Copyright: Copyright © 2014 Japanese Society of Chemotherapy and The Japanese Association for Infectious Diseases. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Chemical References

• Anti-Bacterial Agents

Topics

• Aged
• Anti-Bacterial Agents (therapeutic use)
• Bacteremia (drug therapy, microbiology)
• Discitis (drug therapy, microbiology)
• Humans
• Immunocompetence
• Lumbar Vertebrae
• Male
• Staphylococcal Infections (complications, drug therapy)
• Staphylococcus (drug effects)
• Vancomycin Resistance