Recurrent Cervical Pyogenic Spondylodiscitis Caused by Streptococcus gallolyticus subsp. pasteurianus: A Case Report
Takeshi Yamashita, Katsuyuki Yoshida, Michiko Matsuzawa Adachi, Takumi Otsuki, Takahiko Fukuchi, Priya Gusain · 2026
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Takeshi Yamashita and co-authors report a relapsing neck spine infection in an 88-year-old man in a 2026 case report. The infection, called spondylodiscitis, attacks a spinal bone and its disc, and neck cases are uncommon. Blood cultures found a strain of Streptococcus gallolyticus, a normal gut germ rarely blamed for spinal infections.
A standard 90-day course of antibiotics first cleared his fever, neck pain, and blood markers. Yet symptoms returned on day 174, even though repeat scans showed no clear active inflammation. Doctors resumed oral antibiotics for nine months, reaching lasting remission without surgery. To their knowledge, no earlier case caused by this strain described a return. They suggest longer, patient-matched treatment and long follow-up for such cases.
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| CREATOR | Takeshi Yamashita, Katsuyuki Yoshida, Michiko Matsuzawa Adachi, Takumi Otsuki, Takahiko Fukuchi, Priya Gusain |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 23776 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |