Tibial osteomyelitis caused by Gordonia bronchialis in an immunocompetent patient.
Gordonia species are aerobic Gram-positive bacilli that rarely cause human infections, often in the setting of indwelling intravascular catheters. We report the first case of osteomyelitis caused by Gordonia bronchialis in a healthy immunocompetent host in the absence of an intravascular catheter.
Department of Internal Medicine, The University of Toledo Medical Center, Toledo, Ohio, USA.
Nauman
N
Siddiqui
Anis
A
Toumeh
Claudiu
C
Georgescu
D000192:Actinomycetales / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D000193:Actinomycetales Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D013977:Tibia / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology*; D055815:Young Adult