Dolosigranulum pigrum causing biomaterial-associated arthritis

Bjørn Odd Johnsen; Else Johanne Rønning; Annette Onken; Wender Figved; Pål A Jenum

doi:10.1111/j.1600-0463.2010.02697.x

Dolosigranulum pigrum causing biomaterial-associated arthritis

APMIS. 2011 Feb;119(2):85-7. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0463.2010.02697.x. Epub 2010 Dec 1.

Authors

Bjørn Odd Johnsen¹, Else Johanne Rønning, Annette Onken, Wender Figved, Pål A Jenum

Affiliation

¹ Departments of Microbiology, Asker and Baerum Hospital, Baerum, Norway. [email protected]

PMID: 21208274
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0463.2010.02697.x

Abstract

Dolosigranulum pigrum is a gram-positive, catalase-negative bacteria rarely associated with disease. We report a case of biomaterial-associated arthritis in an immunocompetent patient caused by D. pigrum. The organism was isolated from a synovial biopsy specimen and its identity confirmed by 16S rRNA gene sequencing.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Arthritis, Infectious / etiology*
Arthritis, Infectious / therapy
Biocompatible Materials / adverse effects*
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / etiology*
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / therapy
Gram-Positive Cocci / drug effects
Gram-Positive Cocci / isolation & purification*
Humans
Male
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
Middle Aged

Substances

Biocompatible Materials