Spectrum of Spine Infections in Patients with HIV
- 1 March 2006
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) in Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research
- Vol. 444, 83-91
- https://doi.org/10.1097/01.blo.0000203450.28899.ef
Abstract
Because of the increase in patients with human immunodeficiency virus, practitioners are likely to see a concordant increase of infections. Spontaneous spinal infections can result from a variety of organisms. A common pathogen is Staphylococcus aureus, which is the most frequent cause of pyogenic spinal infection in patients who test positive for the human immunodeficiency virus. Human immunodeficiency virus has caused a resurgence of spinal tuberculosis and other infections. The pandemic of human immunodeficiency virus has caused a rise in extremely rare spinal infections caused by fungus, virus, and atypical bacteria that usually are nonpathogenic. As the number of elective and emergent spinal surgeries become more frequent, spinal practitioners also must become more familiar with the particularities of preoperative and perioperative decision making. Patients' CD4 cell counts are a useful preoperative parameter to stratify the risk for postoperative wound infection because counts less than 200/mm3 seem to be a critical threshold. A case of a patient with the human immunodeficiency virus is presented. The patient had a chronic, postoperative infection and posttraumatic post-laminectomy kyphosis; he was successfully treated with staged procedures including debridement, deformity correction, stabilization, and appropriate antibiotic therapy. Level V (expert opinion). Please see the Guidelines for Authors for a complete description of levels of evidence.Keywords
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