Study design: Case report describing spontaneous Corynebacterium diptheria discitis in a patient with chronic renal failure. Objectives: To describe this very rare form of discitis and the results ...

A colony of Corynebacterium matruchotii, one of the most common bacteria in dental plaque. Credit: Scott Chimileski, Marine Biological Laboratory. See Chimileski et al, PNAS, 2024.