Cervical anaerobic vertebral osteomyelitis following surgical tracheotomy: a case report.

Romaric LarcherCamille MauryJonathan CharbitHelene Jean-PierreVincent Le MoingKada KloucheXavier Capdevila

Published in: BMC infectious diseases (2019)

Tracheotomy may generate anaerobic bacteraemia and related osteomyelitis in the specific setting of severe trauma patients. Clinicians should consider anaerobic vertebral osteomyelitis when they are confronted with a febrile tetraplegia after tracheotomy.

Keyphrases

microbial community
wastewater treatment
trauma patients
sewage sludge
bone mineral density
early onset
heavy metals
urinary tract infection
anaerobic digestion