Septic Arthritis of a Native Knee Joint Due to Corynebacterium striatum

• Type of Material: Article
• Authors: Lars Westblade, Emory University; Farah Shams, North Shore Infectious Diseases Consultants; Scott Duong, Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine; Oosman Tariq, North Shore Infectious Diseases Consultants; Alan Bulbin, North Shore Infectious Diseases Consultants; Dava Klirsfeld, North Shore Infectious Diseases Consultants; Wei Zhen, North Shore-LIJ Laboratories; Smita Sakaria, Long Island Jewish Medical Center; Bradley A. Ford, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics; Carey-Ann D. Burnham, Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine; Christine C. Ginocchio, Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine
• Language: English
• Date: 2014-05-01
• Publisher: American Society for Microbiology
• Publication Version: Final Published Version
• Copyright Statement: © 2014, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.
• Final Published Version (URL): http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JCM.02641-13
• Title of Journal or Parent Work: Journal of Clinical Microbiology
• ISSN: 0095-1137
• Volume: 52
• Issue: 5
• Start Page: 1786
• End Page: 1788
• Grant/Funding Information: C.-A.D.B. has received research funding from bioMérieux and consultancy fees from Thermo Fisher Scientific.
• Keywords: SYSTEM; Science & Technology; Life Sciences & Biomedicine; BACTERIA; DESORPTION IONIZATION-TIME; Microbiology; FLIGHT MASS-SPECTROMETRY; IDENTIFICATION; INFECTION; MICROBIOLOGY
• Research Categories: Biology, Microbiology; Health Sciences, Pathology; Health Sciences, Immunology

Abstract

We report a case of septic arthritis of a native knee joint due to Corynebacterium striatum, a rare and unusual cause of septic arthritis of native joints. The isolate was identified by a combination of phenotypic, mass spectrometric, and nucleic acid-based assays and exhibited high-level resistance to most antimicrobials. Copyright