title: First report of chronic implant-related septic arthritis and osteomyelitis due to Kytococcus schroeteri and a review of human K. schroeteri infections.
abstract: We report the first case of Kytococcus schroeteri implant-related septic arthritis and osteomyelitis, identified by phenotypic tests and 16S rRNA sequencing, which responded to implant removal and doxycycline. 16S rRNA sequencing was useful for the accurate and rapid identification of the organism as it exhibited three different colonial morphologies in vitro.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Queen Mary Hospital, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR, China.
authors.forename: J F W
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Chan
authors.forename: S S Y
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Wong
authors.forename: S S M
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Leung
authors.forename: R Y Y
authors.initials: RY
authors.lastname: Fan
authors.forename: A H Y
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Ngan
authors.forename: K K W
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: To
authors.forename: S K P
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Lau
authors.forename: K-Y
authors.initials: KY
authors.lastname: Yuen
authors.forename: P C Y
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Woo
mesh_terms: D000192:Actinomycetales / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D000193:Actinomycetales Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001170:Arthritis, Infectious / Q000382:microbiology*; D001483:Base Sequence; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000382:microbiology*; D016459:Prosthesis-Related Infections / Q000382:microbiology*