Introduction
Veillonella is an anaerobic gram-negative coccus that inhabits
the oral cavity, gastrointestinal tract, and female genital
tract.1-3 Thirteen species of the genus have been
identified, of which six species have been isolated from the human oral
cavity.4 Veillonella species were formerly
considered to be non-pathogenic and to rarely cause serious infections,
but in recent years, there has been an increasing number of reports of
human infections among immunocompromised individuals.5Here, we report a rare case of an epidural abscess and spondylitis
caused by Veillonella parvula .