Pyogenic flexor tenosynovitis associated with Cellulosimicrobium cellulans.
Cellulosimicrobium cellulans, formerly known as Oerskovia xanthineolytica, is a rare human pathogen, often in association with a foreign body. A case of pyogenic flexor tenosynovitis associated with C. cellulans in an immunocompetent boy is described, underlining the importance of prompt surgical and microbiologic evaluation.
Tucker
Joseph D
JD
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. JTucker4@Partners.org.
Montecino
Rafael
R
Winograd
Jonathan M
JM
Ferraro
Maryjane
M
Michelow
Ian C
IC
D000192:Actinomycetales / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D000193:Actinomycetales Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013717:Tenosynovitis / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology*