Streptobacillus moniliformis as the causative agent in spondylodiscitis and psoas abscess after rooster scratches.
We report a case of Streptobacillus moniliformis spondylodiscitis accompanied by a psoas abscess in an 80-year-old man scratched by a rooster. S. moniliformis was identified from abscess fluid by use of 16S rRNA gene sequencing. After 18 weeks of antimicrobial therapy, the clinical condition of the patient improved.
CHU Clermont-Ferrand, Centre de Biologie, Laboratoire de Bactériologie Clinique, Clermont-Ferrand F-63003, France.
Damien
D
Dubois
Frédéric
F
Robin
Damien
D
Bouvier
Julien
J
Delmas
Richard
R
Bonnet
Olivier
O
Lesens
Claire
C
Hennequin
D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000818:Animals; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002645:Chickens; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D015299:Discitis / Q000382:microbiology*; D005674:Fusobacterium Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D020459:Genes, rRNA; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D016659:Psoas Abscess / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D012329:RNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D012867:Skin / Q000293:injuries; D013288:Streptobacillus / Q000302:isolation & purification*
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D012329:RNA, Bacterial; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S