Pantoea agglomerans foreign body-induced septic arthritis

Omer Rave; Marc Victor Assous; Philip J Hashkes; Ehud Lebel; Irit Hadas-Halpern; Orli Megged

doi:10.1097/INF.0b013e31826fd434

Pantoea agglomerans foreign body-induced septic arthritis

Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2012 Dec;31(12):1311-2. doi: 10.1097/INF.0b013e31826fd434.

Authors

Omer Rave¹, Marc Victor Assous, Philip J Hashkes, Ehud Lebel, Irit Hadas-Halpern, Orli Megged

Affiliation

¹ Pediatric Department, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, affiliated with the Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel.

PMID: 22926215
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e31826fd434

Abstract

A 4-year-old boy was admitted because of left knee arthritis. Synovial fluid culture yielded Pantoea agglomerans identified by 16S rDNA polymerase chain reaction. Ultrasound examination revealed a foreign body in the synovial fluid. The patient underwent arthroscopy with removal of a thorn. This article highlights the need to search for a foreign body in Pantoea septic arthritis.

MeSH terms

Arthritis, Infectious / diagnosis*
Arthritis, Infectious / microbiology
Arthritis, Infectious / pathology
DNA, Bacterial / chemistry
DNA, Bacterial / genetics
DNA, Ribosomal / chemistry
DNA, Ribosomal / genetics
Enterobacteriaceae Infections / diagnosis*
Enterobacteriaceae Infections / microbiology
Enterobacteriaceae Infections / pathology
Foreign Bodies / complications*
Humans
Pantoea / isolation & purification*
RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / genetics
Sequence Analysis, DNA

Substances

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