European Journal of Internal Medicine
Volume 18, Issue 6 , Pages 501-503, October 2007

Spondylodiscitis due to Stenotrophomonas maltophilia

Department of Internal Medicine, “Sotiria” General Hospital of Athens, Greece

Received 25 June 2006; received in revised form 16 December 2006; accepted 9 February 2007. published online 15 July 2007.

Abstract 

Stenotrophomonas maltophilia is an increasingly recognized cause of severe nosocomial infections, especially in immunocompromised patients. Community-acquired infections have also been reported. Spondylodiscitis due to S. maltophilia has only once before been described in the literature. We present a case of spondylodiscitis due to community-acquired S. maltophilia infection in a renal transplant recipient with liver cirrhosis.

Keywords: Stenotrophomonas maltophilia, Spondylodiscitis, Osteomyelitis, Immunosuppression

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PII: S0953-6205(07)00144-6

doi:10.1016/j.ejim.2007.02.016

European Journal of Internal Medicine
Volume 18, Issue 6 , Pages 501-503, October 2007

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