An Uncommon Case of Pyogenic Spondylodiscitis Caused by Gemella morbillorum

Table 2

Characteristics of spondylodiscitis caused by G. morbillorum.

	Age, sex	Site	Predisposing factors	Epidural abscess	Antibiotic therapy	Surgery
Eisenberger et al. [13]	55, female	Thoracic	Renal transplantation, endocarditis	(+)	CTRX, CLDM, BZP	(−)
Nakayama et al. [14]	64, male	Cervical	Dental injury	(+)	ABPC/SBT, FMOX	(+)
Garcia-Bordes et al. [15]	53, male	Lumbar	None	(+)	IPM + VCM, CTRX	(+)
Hayasaka et al. [16]	54, male	Lumbar	None	(+)	MEPM, PIPC + MINO	(−)
Present case	81, male	Lumbar	Periodontitis	(−)	VCM + CTRX, PCG, AMPC	(−)

CTRX: ceftriaxone; CLDM: clindamycin; BZP: benzylpenicillin; ABPC/SBT: ampicillin/sulbactam; FMOX: flomoxef; IPM: imipenem; VCM: vancomycin; MEPM: meropenem; PIPC: piperacillin; MINO:minomycin; PCG: penicillin G; AMPC: amoxicillin.