Infección urinaria por E. coli complicada con abscesos múltiples

Abstract

Vertebral osteomyelitis and septic arthritis are pathologies that principally affect people over fifty years old, but their incidence seems to be growing due to the increase of nosocomial bacteraemia associated with intravascular devices and the aging of hospitalised people. The majority of cases are produced by Staphylococcus aureus. We present the case and diagnostic process of a patient with vertebral osteomyelitis caused by another organism, Escherichia coli, with fatal evolution despite adequate treatment.

Escherichia coli mono articular septic arthritis of shoulder joint in an elderly female

“…9 On comparing with pauciarticular it has a poorer prognosis due to enhanced pathogenic load and is responsible for a mortality of around 30%. 10 In a case report involving E. coli septic arthritis in a uremic patient. It was seen that the transmission was through hematogenous route, as both blood and urine culture were positive.…”