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Title: | Curtobacterium flaccumfaciens septic arthritis following puncture with a coxspur hawthorn thorn. | Authors: | Doherty R.R.;Korman T. ;Francis M.J.;Patel M.;Ojaimi S. ;Hamblin J.F. | Monash Health Department(s): | Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology | Institution: | (Francis, Hamblin, Korman) Department of Microbiology, Monash Medical Centre, 246 Clayton Rd., Clayton, VIC 3168, Australia (Doherty) Department of Paediatric Infectious Diseases, Monash Medical Centre, Clayton, VIC 3168, Australia (Patel) Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Monash Medical Centre, Clayton, VIC 3168, Australia (Ojaimi, Korman) Department of Infectious Diseases, Monash Medical Centre, 246 Clayton Road, Clayton, VIC 3168, Australia (Korman) Department of Medicine, Monash University, Clayton, VIC 3168, Australia (Doherty) Department of Paediatrics, Monash University, Clayton, VIC 3168, Australia | Issue Date: | 6-Oct-2012 | Copyright year: | 2011 | Publisher: | American Society for Microbiology (1752 N Street N.W., Washington DC 20036-2904, United States) | Place of publication: | United States | Publication information: | Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 49 (7) (pp 2759-2760), 2011. Date of Publication: July 2011. | 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. Copyright © 2011, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved. | DOI: | http://monash.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JCM.00340-11 | PubMed URL: | 21562106 [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=21562106] | ISSN: | 0095-1137 | URI: | https://repository.monashhealth.org/monashhealthjspui/handle/1/30293 | Type: | Article | Type of Clinical Study or Trial: | Case series or case report |
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