Ahorukomeye, P., Gwiazdon, M., Liu, D., Stephenson, K., Pittman, J., & Gandhi, S. D. (2025). Salmonella Surgical Site Infection After Cervical Spine Surgery: A Case Report.. JBJS Case Connector, 15(2).
Abstract
CASE: A 59-year-old man sustained a fall onto his head and was found to have dense bilateral upper extremity weakness worse than lower extremity and radiographic cervical cord compression. He underwent emergent decompression and presented a few days after discharge with a Salmonella surgical site infection (SSI).
CONCLUSION: Central cord syndrome is the most common type of incomplete spinal cord injury. Early decompression is associated with the best outcomes. However, infection represents a problematic complication, contributing to overall morbidity. Salmonella can be a very rare contributor to SSI. This is the first report of Salmonella SSI after spine surgery in an immunocompetent patient.