Bordetella holmesii, an emerging cause of septic arthritis

Salaheddin F Abouanaser; Jocelyn A Srigley; Tram Nguyen; Suzanne E Dale; Jennie Johnstone; Lindsay Wilcox; Frances Jamieson; Prasad Rawte; Jeffrey M Pernica

doi:10.1128/JCM.06437-11

Bordetella holmesii, an emerging cause of septic arthritis

J Clin Microbiol. 2013 Apr;51(4):1313-5. doi: 10.1128/JCM.06437-11. Epub 2013 Jan 23.

Authors

Salaheddin F Abouanaser¹, Jocelyn A Srigley, Tram Nguyen, Suzanne E Dale, Jennie Johnstone, Lindsay Wilcox, Frances Jamieson, Prasad Rawte, Jeffrey M Pernica

Affiliation

¹ Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

Abstract

Bordetella holmesii is a well-described pathogen in asplenic and immunocompromised patients. Here we report the first two published cases of septic arthritis caused by B. holmesii documented in apparently immunocompetent patients and unaccompanied by bacteremia.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Arthritis, Infectious / microbiology*
Arthritis, Infectious / pathology
Bordetella / classification*
Bordetella / isolation & purification*
Bordetella Infections / diagnosis*
Bordetella Infections / microbiology*
Bordetella Infections / pathology
Communicable Diseases, Emerging / diagnosis*
Communicable Diseases, Emerging / microbiology*
Communicable Diseases, Emerging / pathology
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged