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J Med Microbiol 58 (2009), 1382-1384; DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.007781-0
© 2009 Society for General Microbiology
ISSN 0022-2615

Vertebral osteomyelitis and discitis due to Gardnerella vaginalis

Simon Graham1, Claire Howes1, Robert Dunsmuir1 and Jonathan Sandoe1,2

1 Academic Department of Trauma and Orthopaedics, University of Leeds, School of Medicine, Clarendon Wing A, Leeds General Infirmary Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Great George Street, Leeds LS1 3EX, UK

2 Academic Department of Microbiology, University of Leeds, School of Medicine, Old Medical School, Thoresby Place, Leeds General Infirmary Teaching Hospitals, Great George Street, Leeds LS1 3EX, UK

Correspondence
Simon Graham
simonmatthewgraham{at}doctors.org.uk

Received November 4, 2008
Accepted June 10, 2009

Gardnerella vaginalis is a facultative anaerobic Gram-variable pleomorphic rod that forms part of the normal vaginal flora. It is most commonly associated with infection of the genital tract in women, but recognition of extravaginal G. vaginalis infection is becoming more frequent. We describe an unusual case of G. vaginalis vertebral osteomyelitis and discitis in a 38-year-old woman with no apparent predisposing factors.




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