Isolation of Pantoea agglomerans in two cases of septic monoarthritis after plant thorn and wood sliver injuries

C De Champs; S Le Seaux; J J Dubost; S Boisgard; B Sauvezie; J Sirot

doi:10.1128/JCM.38.1.460-461.2000

Isolation of Pantoea agglomerans in two cases of septic monoarthritis after plant thorn and wood sliver injuries

J Clin Microbiol. 2000 Jan;38(1):460-1. doi: 10.1128/JCM.38.1.460-461.2000.

Authors

C De Champs¹, S Le Seaux, J J Dubost, S Boisgard, B Sauvezie, J Sirot

Affiliation

¹ Service de Bactériologie, CHRU BP 69, 63003 Clermont-Ferrand Cedex, France. christophe-dechamps@u-clermont1.fr

Abstract

Arthritis after plant injury is often apparently aseptic. We report two cases due to Pantoea agglomerans. In one case, the bacterium was isolated only from the pediatric blood culture media, BACTEC Peds Plus, monitored in BACTEC 9240, and not from the other media inoculated with the joint fluid. This procedure could help improve the diagnosis of septic arthritis.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adult
Arthritis, Infectious / blood
Arthritis, Infectious / microbiology*
Culture Media
Enterobacter / isolation & purification*
Enterobacteriaceae Infections / blood
Enterobacteriaceae Infections / diagnosis*
Female
Finger Injuries / complications
Finger Joint / microbiology
Humans
Knee Injuries / complications
Knee Joint / microbiology
Male
Plants
Wood
Wounds, Penetrating / complications
Wounds, Penetrating / microbiology*

Substances

Culture Media