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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, December 2008, p. 4106-4108, Vol. 46, No. 12
0095-1137/08/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.01179-08
Copyright © 2008, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

CASE REPORT

Pyogenic Flexor Tenosynovitis Associated with Cellulosimicrobium cellulans{triangledown}

Joseph D. Tucker,1* Rafael Montecino,2 Jonathan M. Winograd,3 MaryJane Ferraro,1,4 and Ian C. Michelow5

Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine,1 Hand and Upper Extremity Service, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery,2 Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery,3 Department of Pathology,4 Division of Infectious Diseases and Laboratory of Developmental Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts5

Received 21 June 2008/ Returned for modification 28 July 2008/ Accepted 24 September 2008

Cellulosimicrobium cellulans, formerly known as Oerskovia xanthineolytica, is a rare human pathogen, often in association with a foreign body. A case of pyogenic flexor tenosynovitis associated with C. cellulans in an immunocompetent boy is described, underlining the importance of prompt surgical and microbiologic evaluation.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Division of Infectious Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit Street, GRJ-504, Boston, MA 02114. Phone: (617) 726-3906. Fax: (617) 726-7653. E-mail: JTucker4{at}Partners.org

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 1 October 2008.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, December 2008, p. 4106-4108, Vol. 46, No. 12
0095-1137/08/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.01179-08
Copyright © 2008, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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