Spondylodiscitis and bacteremia due to Staphylococcus hyicus in an immunocompetent man

摘要

IntroductionStaphylococcus hyicus is a coagulase-variable Staphylococcus spp. well-known by veterinarians since it is the major agent of a severe cutaneous infection in piglets called exudative epidermitis. In other species the symptoms of infection are quite different. Human cases are uncommon but seem to occur more frequently after repeated contacts with farm animals.