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J Med Microbiol 55 (2006), 119-121; DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.46256-0
© 2006 Society for General Microbiology
ISSN 0022-2615

Case Report

Successfully treated spondylodiscitis due to a previously unreported mycobacterium

Enrico Tortoli1,2, Antonia Mantella3, Alessandro Mariottini1,4, Gianna Mazzarelli1,5, Patrizia Pecile2, Pier G. Rogasi6, Gaetana Sterrantino6, Elisa Fantoni6 and Francesco Leoncini6

1 ,2 ,4 ,5 ,6 Regional Reference Centre for Mycobacteria1 , Microbiology and Virology Laboratory2 , Cytogenetics and Genetics Unit4 , Microbiological and Virological Serum-Immunology Laboratory5 and Infectious Diseases Unit6 , Careggi Hospital, viale Morgagni 85, 50134 Florence, Italy

3 Infectious Diseases Unit, University of Florence, Florence, Italy

Correspondence
Enrico Tortoli
e.tortoli{at}libero.it

Received 20 July 2005
Accepted 31 August 2005

A non-tuberculous mycobacterium was isolated, following a vertebral needle aspiration, from the blood of a patient with severe spondylodiscitis. The strain turned out to be different from any known mycobacterial species and was quite drug-susceptible in vitro. The patient improved markedly following treatment with meropenem, clarithromycin and amikacin.

Abbreviations: ITS, internal transcribed spacer.

The GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession numbers for the partial 16S rRNA gene and 16S–23S ITS sequences of strain FI-05038 are DQ067465 and DQ185131.






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