Osteomyelitis caused by Enterobacter cancerogenus infection following a traumatic injury: case report and review of the literature

S Garazzino; A Aprato; A Maiello; A Massé; A Biasibetti; F G De Rosa; G Di Perri

doi:10.1128/JCM.43.3.1459-1461.2005

Osteomyelitis caused by Enterobacter cancerogenus infection following a traumatic injury: case report and review of the literature

J Clin Microbiol. 2005 Mar;43(3):1459-61. doi: 10.1128/JCM.43.3.1459-1461.2005.

Authors

S Garazzino¹, A Aprato, A Maiello, A Massé, A Biasibetti, F G De Rosa, G Di Perri

Affiliation

¹ Department of Infectious Diseases, University of Turin, Ospedale Amedeo di Savoia, Corso Svizzera 164, Turin 10149, Italy. [email protected]

Abstract

We report a case of osteomyelitis caused by Enterobacter cancerogenus resistant to aminopenicillins in a 56-year-old male who had a motorcycle accident and suffered from multiple bone fractures with abundant environmental exposure. E. cancerogenus has rarely been associated with human infections, and its clinical significance remains unclear.

Publication types

Case Reports
Review

MeSH terms

Accidents, Traffic
Enterobacter / isolation & purification*
Enterobacteriaceae Infections / complications*
Fractures, Bone / complications*
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Multiple Trauma / complications*
Osteomyelitis / etiology*
Wound Infection / complications*