A severe Bacillus Calmette-Guérin vertebral osteomyelitis requiring spinal stabilization: a clinical and microbiological investigation

Affiliations

• ¹ Infectious Diseases and Septic Orthopedics Unit, ASL2 Pietra Ligure, Savona, Italy.
• ² Orthopedic Unit, ASL2 Pietra Ligure, Savona, Italy.
• ³ Microbiology Unit, ASL2 Pietra Ligure, Savona, Italy.
• ⁴ IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genova, Italy.
• ⁵ Department of Surgical Sciences and Integrated Diagnostics (DISC), University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy. Electronic address: vincenzo.dipilato@unige.it.
• ⁶ IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genova, Italy; Department of Surgical Sciences and Integrated Diagnostics (DISC), University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy.