Curtobacterium flaccumfaciens septic arthritis following puncture with a Coxspur Hawthorn thorn

J Clin Microbiol. 2011 Jul;49(7):2759-60. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00340-11. Epub 2011 May 11.

Abstract

Curtobacterium species are recognized plant pathogens. We report the first well-documented case of Curtobacterium human infection, a child with septic arthritis following puncture with a Coxspur Hawthorn plant thorn. The organism isolated from synovial tissue and the plant thorn was identified as Curtobacterium flaccumfaciens by 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Actinomycetales / isolation & purification*
  • Actinomycetales Infections / diagnosis*
  • Actinomycetales Infections / pathology*
  • Arthritis, Infectious / diagnosis*
  • Arthritis, Infectious / pathology*
  • Child
  • Crataegus*
  • DNA, Bacterial / chemistry
  • DNA, Bacterial / genetics
  • DNA, Ribosomal / chemistry
  • DNA, Ribosomal / genetics
  • Humans
  • Male
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / genetics
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA
  • Synovial Fluid / microbiology
  • Wounds, Penetrating / complications*

Substances

  • DNA, Bacterial
  • DNA, Ribosomal
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 16S