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<journal-id>0864-215X</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista Cubana de Ortopedia y Traumatología]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev Cubana Ortop Traumatol]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0864-215X</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Editorial Ciencias Médicas]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S0864-215X2023000100002</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Espondilodiscitis cervical tardía secundaria a ántrax nucal]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Late cervical spondylodiscitis secondary to nuchal anthrax]]></article-title>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
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<surname><![CDATA[Acosta González]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Luis César]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
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<surname><![CDATA[Horta Tamayo]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Ernesto Enrique]]></given-names>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital Clínico-Quirúrgico &#8220;Lucía Íñiguez Landín&#8221;  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ Holguín]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>03</month>
<year>2023</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>03</month>
<year>2023</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>37</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
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<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0864-215X2023000100002&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0864-215X2023000100002&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0864-215X2023000100002&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN  Fundamento: La espondilodiscitis es un proceso infeccioso del cuerpo vertebral y del disco intervertebral. Presenta una etiología multifactorial y requiere un abordaje multidisciplinario. El menor número corresponde a la columna cervical. El tratamiento quirúrgico se sugiere en pacientes con defecto neurológico, deformidad y fallo de la terapia conservadora.  Objetivo: Describir las características clínicas, radiológicas y el tratamiento quirúrgico de un paciente con espondilodiscitis cervical.  Presentación del caso: Paciente masculino de 48 años con antecedentes de diabetes mellitus tipo 2. Presentó ántrax nucal y fue tratado con antimicrobianos. Al año volvió a consulta con entumecimiento en el brazo derecho, que luego se generalizó hacia las otras extremidades. Se diagnosticó espondilodiscitis cervical a nivel C6-C7. Se decidió aplicar tratamiento quirúrgico mediante corporectomia de C6 y C7, con injerto tricortical de cresta ilíaca, y colocar placa de titanio desde C5 a D1. Se aisló Staphylococcus aureus en el disco intervertebral, por lo cual se trató con antibiótico específico durante 6 semanas.  Conclusiones:  La espondilodiscitis cervical es la infección espinal de más baja incidencia. Su aparición tardía en un paciente inmunocompetente después de una infección de piel, resulta muy inusual. El manejo quirúrgico mediante descompresión y fijación con lámina y tornillos de titanio, junto con el tratamiento antibiótico, resultó en una excelente evolución posoperatoria.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT  Instroduction: Spondylodiscitis is an infectious process of the vertebral body and the intervertebral disc. It has multifactorial etiology which requires a multidisciplinary approach. The smallest number corresponds to the cervical spine. Surgical treatment is suggested in patients with neurological defect, deformity and failure of conservative therapy.  Objective: To describe the clinical and radiological characteristics and the surgical treatment of a patient with cervical spondylodiscitis.  Case report: We report the case of a 48-year-old male patient with a history of type II diabetes mellitus. He presented nuchal anthrax and he was treated with antimicrobials. A year later, he returned to the consultation with numbness in his right arm and later it spread to the other extremities. Cervical spondylodiscitis is diagnosed at C6-C7 level. It was decided to apply surgical treatment by C6 and C7 corporectomy with iliac crest tricortical graft and place a titanium plate from C5 to D1. Staphylococcus aureus was isolated from the intervertebral disc and specific antibiotic treatment was continued for 6 weeks.  Conclusions: Cervical spondylodiscitis is the spinal infection with the lowest incidence. Its late appearance in an immunocompetent patient after a skin infection is highly unusual. Surgical management by means of decompression and fixation with blade and titanium screws, together with antibiotic treatment, resulted in an excellent postoperative evolution.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[infección espinal]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[discitis]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[osteomielitis]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[fijación cervical]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[spinal infection]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[discitis]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[osteomyelitis]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[cervical fixation.]]></kwd>
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