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KMID : 0984720070390030172
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Infection and Chemotherapy
2007 Volume.39 No. 3 p.172 ~ p.175
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A Case of Vertebral Osteomyelitis due to Mycobacterium intracellulare
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Jang Eun-Young
Kim Mi-Na
Woo Jun-Hee
Kim Yang-Soo
Sung Heung-Sup
Chong Yong-Pill
Kim Jung-Wook
Kim Mi-Young
Lee Sang-Oh
Song Eun-Hee
Pack Kwan-Mi
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Abstract
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We report a case of vertebral osteomyelitis due to Mycobacterium intracellulare in a 60-year-old man without predisposing conditions. He was successfully treated with surgical excision of the inflamed tissue and combined antimycobacterial therapy consisting of clarithromycin, ethambutol, and rifampin. In this case, polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis (PCR-RFLP) based on the rpo B gene of cultured isolates allowed rapid identification of M. intracellulare. Although very rare, nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) should be suspected as a causative pathogen of vertebral osteomyelitis. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case of vertebral osteomyelitis caused by NTM reported in the Korean literature.
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KEYWORD
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Mycobacterium intracellulare, Vertebral osteomyelitis
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