Sacroilitis is an inflammatory disease, which is often caused by Brucella species (mainly by Brucella melitensis, and B. abortus), Mycobaterium tuberculosis or inflammatory diseases such as ankylosing spondilitis. It is rarely associated with Staphylococcal infections. In this report, a case of a 24-year-old sailor with a history of low back pain is presented who was initially suspected to suffer from ankylosing spondilitis or brucellosis. Further evaluation of this case revealed septic sacroilitis due to Staphylococcus aureus and was successfully treated with vancomycin.

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A case report of septic sacroilitis due to Staphylococus aureus

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Seyed Mohammad Alavi 1 , Mohammad Hassan Pipelzadeh 2 , * , 3

1 Infectious and Tropical Diseases Research Center, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Iran

2 Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, [email protected], Iran

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How to Cite: Alavi S M, Pipelzadeh M H, . A case report of septic sacroilitis due to Staphylococus aureus, Jundishapur J Microbiol. Online ahead of Print ; 1(1):32-34.

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Jundishapur Journal of Microbiology: 1 (1); 32-34
Article Type: Research Article
Received: January 1, 2008
Accepted: March 1, 2008
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Sacroilitis is an inflammatory disease, which is often caused by Brucella species (mainly by Brucella melitensis, and B. abortus), Mycobaterium tuberculosis or inflammatory diseases such as ankylosing spondilitis. It is rarely associated with Staphylococcal infections. In this report, a case of a 24-year-old sailor with a history of low back pain is presented who was initially suspected to suffer from ankylosing spondilitis or brucellosis. Further evaluation of this case revealed septic sacroilitis due to Staphylococcus aureus and was successfully treated with vancomycin.

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