caa a22 4500 475832760 CHVBK 20180406123845.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170329e20000301xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s100960050441 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s100960050441 Spondylodiscitis Associated with Bacteraemia due to Coagulase-Negative Staphylococci [Elektronische Daten] [E. Bucher, A. Trampuz, L. Donati, W. Zimmerli]  Three cases are reported of spondylodiscitis caused by coagulase-negative staphylococci in patients without osteosynthetic material. All three patients had bacteraemia associated with an infected intravascular device left in place. On the basis of this observation, it is concluded that such devices should be removed promptly in cases of prolonged or relapsing bacteraemia. Furthermore, spondylodiscitis should be suspected in patients with back pain after bacteraemia caused by coagulase-negative staphylococci. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2000 Bucher E. Division of Infectious Diseases, University Hospitals, Petersgraben 4, 4031 Basel, Switzerland e-mail: werner.zimmerli@unibas.ch, CH aut Trampuz A. Division of Infectious Diseases, University Hospitals, Petersgraben 4, 4031 Basel, Switzerland e-mail: werner.zimmerli@unibas.ch, CH aut Donati L. Ospedale Beata Vergine, Via Turconi 23, 6850 Mendrisio, Switzerland, CH aut Zimmerli W. Division of Infectious Diseases, University Hospitals, Petersgraben 4, 4031 Basel, Switzerland e-mail: werner.zimmerli@unibas.ch, CH aut https://doi.org/10.1007/s100960050441 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s100960050441 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Bucher E. Division of Infectious Diseases, University Hospitals, Petersgraben 4, 4031 Basel, Switzerland e-mail: werner.zimmerli@unibas.ch, CH aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Trampuz A. Division of Infectious Diseases, University Hospitals, Petersgraben 4, 4031 Basel, Switzerland e-mail: werner.zimmerli@unibas.ch, CH aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Donati L. Ospedale Beata Vergine, Via Turconi 23, 6850 Mendrisio, Switzerland, CH aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Zimmerli W. Division of Infectious Diseases, University Hospitals, Petersgraben 4, 4031 Basel, Switzerland e-mail: werner.zimmerli@unibas.ch, CH aut Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer