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J Med Microbiol 57 (2008), 532-533; DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.47619-0
© 2008 Society for General Microbiology
ISSN 1473-5644

Case Report

Spondylodiscitis due to Aerococcus viridans

A. Nasoodi1, A. G. Ali2, W. J. Gray2 and S. A. Hedderwick3

1 Department of Radiology, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast BT12 6BA, UK

2 Department of Neurosurgery, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast BT12 6BA, UK

3 Department of Infectious Diseases, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast BT12 6BA, UK

Correspondence
A. Nasoodi
a.nasoodi{at}ntlworld.com

Received 9 September 2007
Accepted 12 December 2007

Aerococcus viridans is a microaerophilic, Gram-positive, catalase-negative coccus, found singly or in tetrads. To date, no case of spondylodiscitis due to this organism has been reported. We report what we believe to be the first case of spondylodiscitis caused by A. viridans, in a patient with decompensated liver failure, and discuss the possible pathogenesis of this rather uncommon pathogen in this case.






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