Serratia spondylodiscitis after elective lumbar spine surgery: a report of two cases.

Study Design: This report describes two cases of acute spondylodiscitis, caused by, complicating two different conditions: microdiscectomy for herniated nucleus pulposus and decompressing laminotomy for spinal stenosis.

Objective: To describe a rare and life-threatening spinal infection and discuss its successful management.

Summary Of Background Data: To our knowledge, no published reports in the English language have described this potentially devastating infection as a complication of elective noninstrumented discectomy or decompressive laminotomy.