Septic Arthritis due to Sneathia Sanguinegens in a Male. First Case Described in the Scientific Literature

Cristian Gómez Torrijos; Isabel de la Morena Barrio; Alberto Yagüe Muñoz; Concepción Gimeno Cardona

doi:10.1016/j.reuma.2020.02.005

Septic Arthritis due to Sneathia Sanguinegens in a Male. First Case Described in the Scientific Literature

Reumatol Clin (Engl Ed). 2021 Apr;17(4):237-238. doi: 10.1016/j.reuma.2020.02.005. Epub 2020 May 4.

[Article in English, Spanish]

Authors

Cristian Gómez Torrijos¹, Isabel de la Morena Barrio², Alberto Yagüe Muñoz³, Concepción Gimeno Cardona⁴

Affiliations

¹ Servicio de Medicina Interna, Hospital Universitario de la Plana, Vila-real, Castellón, España. Electronic address: gomeztorrijos@gmail.com.
² Servicio de Medicina Interna, Hospital Universitario de la Plana, Vila-real, Castellón, España.
³ Servicio de Microbiología, Hospital Universitario de la Plana, Vila-real, Castellón, España.
⁴ Servicio de Microbiología, Hospital Universitario General de Valencia, Valencia, España; Departamento de Microbiología y Ecología, Universidad de Valencia, Burjassot, Valencia, España.

PMID: 32376387
DOI: 10.1016/j.reuma.2020.02.005

Abstract

An 88-year-old male admitted with septic shoulder arthritis due to a gram-negative bacillus. The microorganism is identified by sequencing the 16 S rDNA gene as Sneathia sanguinegens. This is the first case described in the literature in a male, since so far only infections in women of childbearing age have been described.

Keywords: Artritis séptica; Male; Septic arthritis; Sneathia sanguinegens; Varón.

Publication types

Case Reports