@article{Fusini_Colò_Massè_Girardo_2021, title={Uncommon cervical pain due by Bacillus pumilus spondylodiscitis in an immunocompetent patient: a case report.: Bacillus pumilus spondylodiscitis}, volume={92}, url={https://mattioli1885journals.com/index.php/actabiomedica/article/view/10189}, DOI={10.23750/abm.v92iS1.10189}, abstractNote={<p>A fifty-three year-old military patient, presented with a 3 months neck pain and paraesthesia of upper right extremity after gastroscopy. Radiological examination demonstrated anuncertain degenerative/infective involvement of C6-C7 intervertebral disc.</p> <p>The patient underwent anterior debridement with C5-C6 disc excisional biopsy, with microbiological findings of Bacillus pumilus with high bacterial concentration. After biopsy, segment arthrodesis was achieved only with vertebral plate cruentation and 3 months of cervical collar. He completed a six-weeks course of intravenous antibiotics for the treatment of atypical spondylodiscitis. At one year of follow-up, he had no residual neck pain or neurological signs or symptoms.</p>}, number={S1}, journal={Acta Biomedica Atenei Parmensis}, author={Fusini, Federico and Colò, Gabriele and Massè, Alessandro and Girardo, Massimo}, year={2021}, month={Nov.}, pages={e2021136} }