Skip to main content

Advertisement

SpringerLink
Log in

Relapse of posttraumatic osteomyelitis due to Clostridium celerecrescens

  • Correspondence
  • Published:
Infection Aims and scope Submit manuscript

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Fig. 1

References

  1. Johnson EA, Summanen P, Finegold SM. Clostridium. In: Murray PR, Baron EJ, Jorgensen JH, Landry ML, Pfaller MA, editors. Manual of Clinical Microbiology. Washington, DC: ASM Press; 2007. p. 889–910.

    Google Scholar 

  2. Palop MLL, Valles S, Pinaga F, Flors A. Isolation and characterization of an anaerobic, cellulolytic bacterium, Clostridium celerecrescens sp. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol. 1989;39:68–71.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  3. Collins MD, Lawson PA, Willems A, Cordoba JJ, Fernandez-Garayzabal J, Garcia P, Cai J, Hippe H, Farrow JAE. The phylogeny of the genus Clostridium: proposal of five new genera and eleven new species combinations. Int J Syst Bacteriol. 1994;44:812–26.

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  4. Brook I. Microbiology and management of joint and bone infections due to anaerobic bacteria. J Orthop Sci. 2008;13:160–9.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  5. Brook I. Joint and bone infections due to anaerobic bacteria in children. Pediatr Rehabil. 2002;5:11–9.

    PubMed  Google Scholar 

  6. Saeed MU, Mariani P, Martin C, Smego RA Jr, Potti A, Tight R, Thiege D. Anaerobic spondylodiscitis: case series and systematic review. South Med J. 2005;98:144–8.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  7. Glazunova OO, Raoult D, Roux V. First identification of Clostridium celerecrescens in liquid drained from an abscess. J Clin Microbiol. 2005;43:3007–8.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  8. Winn WC Jr, Allen SD, Janda WM, Koneman EW, Procop G, Schreckenberger PC, Woods GL. Koneman’s Color Atlas and Textbook of Diagnostic Microbiology. 6th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2005.

    Google Scholar 

  9. Ackermann G, Schaumann R, Pless B, Claros MC, Goldstein EJ, Rodloff AC. Comparative activity of moxifloxacin in vitro against obligately anaerobic bacteria. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 2000;19:228–32.

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  10. Waldvogel FA, Medoff G, Swartz MN. Osteomyelitis: a review of clinical features, therapeutic considerations and unusual aspects. 3. Osteomyelitis associated with vascular insufficiency. N Engl J Med. 1970;282:316–22.

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  11. Gerding DN. Foot infections in diabetic patients: the role of anaerobes. Clin Infect Dis. 1995;20:S283–8.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

Download references

Acknowledgments

We acknowledge Alexander Dalpke for analyzing and interpreting the genetic sequence.

Conflict of interest

None.

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Infectious Diseases, University of Heidelberg, Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, Im Neuenheimer Feld 324, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany

    A. Mischnik, S. Zimmermann & I. Bekeredjian-Ding

  2. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University Hospital Heidelberg, Schlierbacher Landstrasse 200, 69118, Heidelberg, Germany

    M. Egermann

Authors
  1. A. Mischnik
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. S. Zimmermann
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. I. Bekeredjian-Ding
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  4. M. Egermann
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to A. Mischnik.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Mischnik, A., Zimmermann, S., Bekeredjian-Ding, I. et al. Relapse of posttraumatic osteomyelitis due to Clostridium celerecrescens . Infection 39, 491–494 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s15010-011-0125-5

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s15010-011-0125-5

Keywords

Search

Navigation