Septic arthritis caused by Bordetella holmesii in an adolescent with chronic haemolytic anaemia

J Med Microbiol. 2011 Nov;60(Pt 11):1705-1707. doi: 10.1099/jmm.0.033829-0. Epub 2011 Jul 21.

Abstract

We describe a case of septic arthritis caused by Bordetella holmesii in a 15-year-old boy with chronic haemolytic anaemia. B. holmesii was identified by 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis. The patient outcome was favourable. To our knowledge, this is the first case of B. holmesii septic arthritis in an asplenic patient.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Anemia, Hemolytic / complications*
  • Arthritis, Infectious / complications*
  • Arthritis, Infectious / immunology
  • Arthritis, Infectious / microbiology
  • Base Sequence
  • Bordetella / genetics
  • Bordetella / immunology*
  • Bordetella Infections / complications*
  • Bordetella Infections / immunology
  • Bordetella Infections / microbiology
  • DNA, Bacterial / chemistry
  • DNA, Bacterial / genetics
  • Humans
  • Knee Joint / immunology
  • Knee Joint / microbiology*
  • Male
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / chemistry
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / genetics
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA

Substances

  • DNA, Bacterial
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 16S

Associated data

  • GENBANK/JN127352