Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, 1965;47:1243-1246.
© 1965 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc
Cervical Spondylitis Caused by Salmonella oranienburg
A CASE REPORT
DAVID D. HUNT M.D.1
1 From the Division of Orthopedic Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, California
A case of Salmonella oranienburg cervical spondylitis in a sixty-seven-year-old diabetic woman is reported. The type-specific organism was cultured from the blood, stool, and material aspirated from the bone lesion. Non-operative treatment was judged satisfactory as based on a two year follow-up.