Corynebacterium accolens-associated pelvic osteomyelitis

Jenny S J Wong; Lois M Seaward; Carmen P Ho; Trevor P Anderson; Esther O C Lau; Matthew R Amodeo; Sarah C L Metcalf; Alan D Pithie; David R Murdoch

doi:10.1128/JCM.00818-09

Corynebacterium accolens-associated pelvic osteomyelitis

J Clin Microbiol. 2010 Feb;48(2):654-5. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00818-09. Epub 2009 Dec 23.

Authors

Jenny S J Wong¹, Lois M Seaward, Carmen P Ho, Trevor P Anderson, Esther O C Lau, Matthew R Amodeo, Sarah C L Metcalf, Alan D Pithie, David R Murdoch

Affiliation

¹ Department of Microbiology, Canterbury Health Laboratories, P.O. Box 151, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand.

Abstract

Corynebacterium accolens is a rare human pathogen. We encountered a case of C. accolens isolated from a thigh collection in a man with osteomyelitis of the adjacent pubic symphysis.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

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Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology
Corynebacterium / classification
Corynebacterium / genetics
Corynebacterium / isolation & purification*
Corynebacterium Infections / diagnosis*
Corynebacterium Infections / microbiology
DNA, Bacterial / chemistry
DNA, Bacterial / genetics
DNA, Ribosomal / chemistry
DNA, Ribosomal / genetics
Humans
Male
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
Molecular Sequence Data
Osteomyelitis / diagnosis*
Osteomyelitis / microbiology
Pubic Symphysis / microbiology*
Pubic Symphysis / pathology*
RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / genetics
Sequence Analysis, DNA

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents
DNA, Bacterial
DNA, Ribosomal
RNA, Ribosomal, 16S

Associated data

GENBANK/GQ338419
GENBANK/GU223370