First isolation of Clostridium amygdalinum from a patient with chronic osteitis.
We describe a case of osteitis caused by a new and unusual Clostridium species, Clostridium amygdalinum, an environmental, moderately thermophilic bacterium. This is the first documented report of human infection caused by this organism.
Carlier
Jean-Philippe
JP
Centre National de Référence des Bactéries Anaérobies et du Botulisme, Institut Pasteur, 25-28 Rue du Dr. Roux, 75724 Paris Cedex 15, France. jcarlier@pasteur.fr
Manich
Maria
M
Loïez
Caroline
C
Migaud
Henri
H
Courcol
René J
RJ
D000081:Acetamides / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000328:Adult; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003013:Clostridium / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D003015:Clostridium Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D000069349:Linezolid; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010000:Osteitis / Q000382:microbiology*; D023303:Oxazolidinones / Q000627:therapeutic use; D010802:Phylogeny
D000081:Acetamides; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D023303:Oxazolidinones; D000069349:Linezolid