Native joint septic arthritis due to Clostridium tarantellae

Aurélie Cointe; Gauthier Péan de Ponfilly; Anne-Lise Munier; Marwa Bachir; Hanaa Benmansour; Anne-Claude Crémieux; Marine Forien; Aline Frazier; Elie Krief; Emmanuelle Cambau; Hervé Jacquier

doi:10.1016/j.anaerobe.2019.02.004

Native joint septic arthritis due to Clostridium tarantellae

Anaerobe. 2019 Apr:56:46-48. doi: 10.1016/j.anaerobe.2019.02.004. Epub 2019 Feb 10.

Affiliations

¹ Laboratory of Microbiology, Department of Infectious Agents, Saint Louis - Lariboisiere - Fernand Widal University Hospital, APHP, Paris, France; IAME, UMR 1137, INSERM, Paris Diderot University, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France. Electronic address: aurelie.cointe@aphp.fr.
² Laboratory of Microbiology, Department of Infectious Agents, Saint Louis - Lariboisiere - Fernand Widal University Hospital, APHP, Paris, France.
³ Department of Infectious Diseases, Saint Louis - Lariboisiere - Fernand Widal University Hospital, APHP, Paris, France.
⁴ Department of Rhumatology, Bichat-Claude Bernard University Hospital, APHP, Paris, France.
⁵ Federation of Rheumatology, Saint Louis - Lariboisiere - Fernand Widal University Hospital, APHP, Paris, France.
⁶ Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Saint Louis - Lariboisiere - Fernand Widal University Hospital, APHP, Paris, France.
⁷ Laboratory of Microbiology, Department of Infectious Agents, Saint Louis - Lariboisiere - Fernand Widal University Hospital, APHP, Paris, France; IAME, UMR 1137, INSERM, Paris Diderot University, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France.

PMID: 30753899
DOI: 10.1016/j.anaerobe.2019.02.004

Abstract

Clostridium is a diverse genus including more than 200 species involved in varied clinical presentations in infectious diseases. Septic arthritis caused by Clostridium sp. are however uncommon. We report here the first septic arthritis due to Clostridium tarantellae, formerly called Eubacterium tarantellae, in a patient under anti-TNF therapy.

Keywords: Anaerobic infection; Anti-TNF therapy; Clostridium tarantellae; Immunocompromised patients; Septic arthritis.

MeSH terms

Adult
Arthritis, Infectious / diagnosis*
Arthritis, Infectious / microbiology
Arthritis, Infectious / pathology*
Bacteriological Techniques
Clostridium / classification*
Clostridium / isolation & purification*
Clostridium Infections / diagnosis*
Clostridium Infections / microbiology
Clostridium Infections / pathology*
Humans
Immunocompromised Host
Joints / microbiology*
Male
Microscopy