Desulfovibrio legallii prosthetic shoulder joint infection and review of antimicrobial susceptibility and clinical characteristics of Desulfovibrio infections.
We describe a case of shoulder hemiarthroplasty infection with Desulfovibrio legallii. Antimicrobial susceptibilities of 36 Desulfovibrio isolates are presented. Metronidazole and carbapenems exhibited reliable activity, although piperacillin-tazobactam did not. Eleven previous cases of Desulfovibrio infection are reviewed; most arose from a gastrointestinal tract-related source.
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA vasoosushilan.shawn@mayo.edu henry.nancy@mayo.edu.
Shawn
S
Vasoo
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
Erin L
EL
Mason
Division of Clinical Microbiology, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
Daniel R
DR
Gustafson
Division of Clinical Microbiology, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
Scott A
SA
Cunningham
Division of Clinical Microbiology, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
Nicolynn C
NC
Cole
Division of Clinical Microbiology, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
Emily A
EA
Vetter
Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
Scott P
SP
Steinmann
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
Walter R
WR
Wilson
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA Division of Clinical Microbiology, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
Robin
R
Patel
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
Elie F
EF
Berbari
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA vasoosushilan.shawn@mayo.edu henry.nancy@mayo.edu.
Nancy K
NK
Henry
D000368:Aged; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D003901:Desulfovibrio / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D045824:Desulfovibrionaceae Infections / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D016459:Prosthesis-Related Infections / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology*; D012785:Shoulder Joint / Q000473:pathology*
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents