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Summary
We present a case of a 60-year-old woman with an invasive spinal infection with Staphylococcus pseudintermedius associated with a 15-year-old spinal fixation device and epidemiological contact with dogs. It was confirmed on blood culture and culture from pus from the epidural abscess and successfully treated using similar treatment as for a Staphylococcus aureus infection—6 weeks of intravenous flucloxacillin 2 g four times daily with a 6 week follow-on course of oral clindamycin 450 mg three times daily. This case represents the first reported deep abscess forming infection with this recently discovered organism. This case highlights that (1) S. pseudintermedius has a potential for invasive zoonotic infection, (2) treatment as for S. aureus appears adequate for resolution of the case, (3) the increased use of the matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionisation time-of-flight identification technique is leading to more specific identification of previously unrecognised organisms.
- bone and joint infections
- medical management
- spinal cord
- neurosurgery
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Contributors CD collected the case data and was the primary author of the manuscript. NP and MS assisted with the drafting of the paper, reviewed the final draft and provided the figures for inclusion in the paper. BA provided input into the design of the paper, assisted with the drafting of the paper, reviewed the drafts and provided senior oversight of the writing process.
Competing interests None declared.
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