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Letter to the Editor
Spondylodiscitis Without Endocarditis Caused by Streptoccocus mitis
Espondilodiscitis sin endocarditis causada por Streptococcus mitis
Águeda Prior-Español
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, Lourdes Mateo, Melania Martínez-Morillo, Anne Riveros-Frutos
Servicio de Reumatología, Hospital Universitario Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Barcelona, Spain
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He presented with a 4-week history of low back pain with inflammatory features and pain that radiated down his left leg&#46; He did not have associated fever or metabolic syndrome&#46; There was no evidence of skin lesions&#44; either&#44; and he did not consume farmhouse dairy products&#46; He had not undergone any dental procedures in the preceding 2 years&#46; Notable findings in the results of laboratory tests were the absence of leukocytosis in the complete blood count and a normal differential leucocyte count&#44; but elevation of acute-phase reactants was detected &#40;erythrocyte sedimentation rate &#91;ESR&#93;&#44; 80<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>mm&#59; C-reactive protein &#91;CRP&#93;&#44; 42<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>mg&#47;L&#41;&#46; Serological tests for human immunodeficiency virus and <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">Brucella</span> were negative&#44; as was the tuberculin skin test&#46; A radiograph of the lumbar spine revealed a slight irregularity in the vertebral endplate below L5&#46; Magnetic resonance imaging of the lumbosacral spine disclosed signs compatible with spondylodiscitis involving L5&#8211;S1&#46; Blood cultures were negative&#46; A transthoracic echocardiogram showed no evidence of endocarditis&#46; Finally&#44; a biopsy and fine-needle aspiration cytology were performed&#44; both under computed tomography &#40;CT&#41; guidance&#46; Bacterial culture yielded colonies of <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">S&#46; mitis</span> that were sensitive to all the different classes of antibiotics except penicillin&#46; Four hours after the vertebral biopsy&#44; a blood sample was again obtained for culture&#44; in which <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">S&#46; mitis</span> was also isolated&#46; Treatment consisted of intravenous ceftriaxone for 3 weeks&#44; followed by another 3 weeks with oral levofloxacin&#46; The patient responded well to the treatment&#44; with resolution of the clinical signs and normalization of the acute-phase reactants&#46;</p><p id="par0015" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">To date&#44; 7 cases of spondylodiscitis caused by <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">S&#46; mitis</span> have been reported in the English-language literature<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0040"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">1&#8211;3</span></a> &#40;PubMed&#58; Spondylodiscitis and <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">S&#46; mitis</span> 1969&#8211;2015&#41;&#46; <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">S&#46; mitis</span>&#44; which belongs to the group of viridans streptococcal species&#44; forms part of the commensal flora of the mouth and nasal sinuses and is a rare cause of spondylodiscitis&#46; Spondylodiscitis is uncommon in adults&#46; The predisposing factors are diabetes mellitus&#44; malnutrition&#44; intravenous drug use&#44; immunodeficiency&#44; neoplasms&#44; prolonged glucocorticoid therapy&#44; chronic kidney disease and cirrhosis&#46; It usually presents with inflammatory back pain&#44; which can be accompanied by fever and clinical signs of a systemic disorder&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0045"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">2</span></a> In contrast to spondylodiscitis caused by <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">S&#46; aureus</span> and by streptococci from a group other than viridans&#44; that attributed to viridans streptococci has a more subacute course&#44; with less systemic involvement&#46; For this reason&#44; the diagnostic delay is usually longer&#46; The majority of the patients with infection caused by this microorganism present with infective endocarditis&#44; as well&#46; Thus&#44; performance of echocardiography is indispensable in these patients&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0040"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">1&#8211;5</span></a> Laboratory tests reveal leukocytosis and neutrophilia&#44; as well as elevated acute-phase reactants &#40;ESR&#44; CRP&#41;&#46; Blood cultures are essential for the microbiological diagnosis and avoid the need for more invasive procedures&#46; Imaging studies &#40;plain radiography&#44; CT or nuclear magnetic resonance&#41; are performed to exclude other diseases and to identify signs suggestive of spondylodiscitis&#44; as well as to rule out its complications&#46; The definitive diagnosis requires the isolation of the causative pathogen&#44; either in blood cultures or a biopsy&#46; The latter can be percutaneous&#44; and is generally CT-guided or open&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0065"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">6</span></a> Blood cultures performed during the first few hours after the biopsy have been reported to be more sensitive and&#44; thus&#44; are worthwhile as they can confirm that the infection was caused by the microorganism isolated in the biopsy specimen and is not the result of contamination&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0070"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">7</span></a></p></span>"
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