Three cases of postoperative septic arthritis caused by Mycobacterium conceptionense in the shoulder joints of immunocompetent patients

Keun Hwa Lee; Sang Taek Heo; Sung-Wook Choi; Da Hee Park; Young Ree Kim; Seung Jin Yoo

doi:10.1128/JCM.02652-13

Three cases of postoperative septic arthritis caused by Mycobacterium conceptionense in the shoulder joints of immunocompetent patients

J Clin Microbiol. 2014 Mar;52(3):1013-5. doi: 10.1128/JCM.02652-13. Epub 2014 Jan 3.

Authors

Keun Hwa Lee¹, Sang Taek Heo, Sung-Wook Choi, Da Hee Park, Young Ree Kim, Seung Jin Yoo

Affiliation

¹ Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Jeju National University School of Medicine, Jeju, South Korea.

Abstract

Mycobacterium conceptionense is a species member of Mycobacterium fortuitum complex, a potential pathogen of increasing clinical importance among opportunistic infections. This species causes a wide spectrum of cutaneous and extracutaneous diseases. In this report, we describe three patients who underwent shoulder surgery with postoperative joint infection by M. conceptionense.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

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Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology
Arthritis, Infectious / diagnosis*
Arthritis, Infectious / microbiology
Arthritis, Infectious / pathology*
Female
Humans
Male
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
Mycobacterium / drug effects
Mycobacterium / isolation & purification*
Mycobacterium Infections / diagnosis*
Mycobacterium Infections / microbiology
Mycobacterium Infections / pathology*
Shoulder Joint / microbiology
Shoulder Joint / pathology*
Shoulder Joint / surgery
Surgical Wound Infection / diagnosis
Surgical Wound Infection / microbiology
Surgical Wound Infection / pathology

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents