Vertebral osteomyelitis and epidural abscess due to Listeria monocytogenes - case report and review of literature

Olayinka Ibironke Adebolu; Jennifer Sommer; Abiodun Benjamin Idowu; Nicole Lao; Talha Riaz

doi:10.5194/jbji-7-75-2022

Vertebral osteomyelitis and epidural abscess due to Listeria monocytogenes - case report and review of literature

J Bone Jt Infect. 2022 Apr 13;7(2):75-79. doi: 10.5194/jbji-7-75-2022. eCollection 2022.

Authors

Olayinka Ibironke Adebolu¹, Jennifer Sommer², Abiodun Benjamin Idowu³, Nicole Lao¹, Talha Riaz⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Akron General Medical Center, Akron, Ohio, USA.
² Department of Radiology, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
³ College of Medicine, University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria.
⁴ Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA.

Abstract

We describe a case of native vertebral osteomyelitis (NVO) secondary to Listeria monocytogenes in a patient with polymyalgia rheumatica receiving chronic steroids. Treatment required surgical debridement of the epidural phlegmon and combination therapy with intravenous ampicillin and gentamicin.

Publication types

Case Reports