Presumed Bartonella-Associated Spondylodiscitis in a 3-Year-Old Child: A Case Report and Review of the Literature.

Hadi El Assaad, Eckehard Schumann, Christian Klemann, Nadine Dietze-Jergus, Christoph-Eckhard Heyde, Philipp Pieroh

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Article in Children (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Hadi El AssaadDepartment of Orthopedics, Trauma and Plastic Surgery, University of Leipzig, 04103 Leipzig, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-5636-2519

Eckehard SchumannDepartment of Orthopedics, Trauma and Plastic Surgery, University of Leipzig, 04103 Leipzig, Germany.

Christian KlemannDepartment of Pediatric Immunology, Rheumatology and Infectiology, Hospital for Children and Adolescents, University of Leipzig, 04103 Leipzig, Germany.

Nadine Dietze-JergusInstitute of Medical Microbiology and Virology, University of Leipzig, 04103 Leipzig, Germany.

Christoph-Eckhard HeydeDepartment of Orthopedics, Trauma and Plastic Surgery, University of Leipzig, 04103 Leipzig, Germany.

Philipp PierohDepartment of Orthopedics, Trauma and Plastic Surgery, University of Leipzig, 04103 Leipzig, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-0906-5479

Funding

funded by the Open Access Publishing Fund of Leipzig University supported by the German Research Foundation within the program Open Access Publication Funding. n/a

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Abstract

With an incidence of 0.3 per 100,000, spondylodiscitis is a rare condition in children. It is typically bacterial in origin and most commonly caused by

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Bartonella henselaebone involvementcase reportcat scratch diseasespondylodiscitisvertebral osteomyelitis

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PMID40426827

DOI10.3390/children12050649

PMCPMC12110131

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