Molecular diagnosis and enrichment culture identified a septic pseudoarthrosis due to an infection with Erysipelatoclostridium ramosum.

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Article: article from journal or magazin.
Publication sub-type
Case report (case report): feedback on an observation with a short commentary.
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Title
Molecular diagnosis and enrichment culture identified a septic pseudoarthrosis due to an infection with Erysipelatoclostridium ramosum.
Journal
International journal of infectious diseases
Author(s)
Zakham F., Pillonel T., Brunel A.S., Zambelli P.Y., Greub G., Croxatto A., Bertelli C.
ISSN
1878-3511 (Electronic)
ISSN-L
1201-9712
Publication state
Published
Issued date
04/2019
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
81
Pages
167-169
Language
english
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Publication types: Case Reports ; Journal Article
Publication Status: ppublish
Abstract
We describe here a rare case of septic pseudarthrosis due to Erysipelatoclostridium ramosum in a female young patient. The patient, currently in remission from Ewing's sarcoma treated by a bone resection and allograft combined with chemotherapy, suffered from a chronic femoral pseudarthrosis in a context of bone insufficiency and graft resorption. A broad range 16S PCR followed by sequencing, as well as an enrichment culture of a bone biopsy revealed the presence of E. ramosum, an anaerobic firmicute with a low Gram-positive affinity staining and low GC content, that was further characterized by whole genome sequencing (WGS).
Keywords
Adult, Clostridium/isolation & purification, Female, Femur, Humans, Pseudarthrosis/etiology, Bacterial genomics, Bone insufficiency, Clostridium ramosum, Erysipelatoclostridium ramosum, Graft resorption, Pseudoarthrosis, Taxogenomics
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Web of science
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Yes
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