Internal medicine
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Review Case Reports
First Reported Human Case of Spondylodiscitis by Staphylococcus condimenti: A Case Report and Literature Review.
Staphylococcus condimenti is a Gram-positive coccus that was first isolated from soy sauce mash. Only four cases of human S. condimenti infections have been reported to date. We herein report the first case of spondylodiscitis caused by S. condimenti. ⋯ The result was confirmed using gene sequencing methods. The patient was successfully treated without relapse. This case shows that S. condimenti can be pathogenic and cause invasive infection.