A case report of native vertebral osteomyelitis caused by Cutibacterium modestum.

Taiji KoyamaGoh OhjiMasako NishidaSho NishimuraIku ShirasugiKenichiro OhnumaMari KusukiKentaro Iwata

Published in: BMC infectious diseases (2022)

A case of vertebral osteomyelitis caused by C. modestum was encountered. Although C. modestum is very similar to C. acnes, it could be accurately identified by 16SrRNA gene sequencing. This case represents the first documented C. modestum infection in humans.

Keyphrases

bone mineral density
single cell
genome wide
copy number
postmenopausal women
genome wide identification
transcription factor
genome wide analysis