Community-acquired osteomyelitis caused by Chryseobacterium meningosepticum: case report and literature review

Chen-Hsiang Lee; Wei-Che Lin; Ju-Hsin Chia; Lin-Hui Su; Chun-Chih Chien; Ai-Hsiu Mao; Jien-Wei Liu

doi:10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2007.07.009

Community-acquired osteomyelitis caused by Chryseobacterium meningosepticum: case report and literature review

Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2008 Jan;60(1):89-93. doi: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2007.07.009. Epub 2007 Sep 21.

Authors

Chen-Hsiang Lee¹, Wei-Che Lin, Ju-Hsin Chia, Lin-Hui Su, Chun-Chih Chien, Ai-Hsiu Mao, Jien-Wei Liu

Affiliation

¹ Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital-Kaohsiung Medical Center, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Taiwan, Taiwan 833, ROC.

PMID: 17889489
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2007.07.009

Abstract

Chronic sclerosing osteomyelitis caused by Chryseobacterium meningosepticum was observed in a woman with steroid use. Her chronic sclerosing osteomyelitis was cured with ciprofloxacin. English literature review found 4 cases of bone-joint infection due to C. meningosepticum. The implications of treatment with a fluoroquinolone were discussed.

Publication types

Case Reports
Review

MeSH terms

Aged
Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
Chryseobacterium / isolation & purification*
Ciprofloxacin / therapeutic use
Community-Acquired Infections / drug therapy
Community-Acquired Infections / microbiology*
Female
Humans
Lumbar Vertebrae / diagnostic imaging
Lumbar Vertebrae / pathology
Osteomyelitis / drug therapy
Osteomyelitis / microbiology*
Radiography
Steroids / adverse effects
Steroids / therapeutic use

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Steroids
Ciprofloxacin