22 January 2021>: Articles
A 64-Year-Old Man with Low Back Pain Due to Lumbar Discitis
Unknown etiology
Harshil Bhatt E* , Sandeep Singh EDOI: 10.12659/AJCR.928014
Am J Case Rep 2021; 22:e928014
Table 3. Main features of published Clostridium perfringens discitis cases.
Authors | Sex | Age (years) | Disc level | Risk factors | Presentation | Blood culture | Needle biopsy |
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Lotte et al. []1 | F | 83 | L4/L5 | Nil gastrointestinal pathology on CT | Chronic lumbar back pain over 6 months | Negative | Positive |
Caudron et al. []2 | F | 79 | L4/L5 | Colonic diverticulosis | Low back pain over 2 months | Negative | Positive |
Bednar []3 | M | 68 | L4/L5 | Laminotomy, discotomy | Acute back pain over 6 weeks | Positive | Positive |
Pate and Katz []4 | F | 62 | L3/L4 | Diverticular disease | Low back pain over 6 weeks | Positive | Negative after 3 days of antibiotics |
Beguiristain et al. []5 | M | 33 | L1/L2 | No obvious risk factors | Low back pain over 7 days | Not completed | Positive |
Seller et al. []6 | M | 64 | L5 | No obvious risk factors | Low back pain, urinary retention, and an inability to walk | Positive | Unknown |
Yong and Lam []7 | M | 80 | T10/T11 | bacteremia | Back pain over 5 weeks | Positive | Negative |