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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, August 2008, p. 2820-2821, Vol. 46, No. 8
0095-1137/08/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.00744-08
Copyright © 2008, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

CASE REPORT

Streptobacillus moniliformis as the Causative Agent in Spondylodiscitis and Psoas Abscess after Rooster Scratches{triangledown}

Damien Dubois,1 Frédéric Robin,1 Damien Bouvier,1 Julien Delmas,1 Richard Bonnet,1 Olivier Lesens,2 and Claire Hennequin1*

CHU Clermont-Ferrand, Centre de Biologie, Laboratoire de Bactériologie Clinique, Clermont-Ferrand F-63003, France,1 CHU Clermont-Ferrand, Hôpital Gabriel-Montpied, Service de Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, Clermont-Ferrand F-63003, France2

Received 18 April 2008/ Returned for modification 26 May 2008/ Accepted 6 June 2008

We report a case of Streptobacillus moniliformis spondylodiscitis accompanied by a psoas abscess in an 80-year-old man scratched by a rooster. S. moniliformis was identified from abscess fluid by use of 16S rRNA gene sequencing. After 18 weeks of antimicrobial therapy, the clinical condition of the patient improved.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: CHU Clermont-Ferrand, Centre de Biologie, Laboratoire de Bactériologie Clinique, Clermont-Ferrand F-63003, France. Phone: (33) 4 736 75 17 91. Fax: (33) 4 73 75 17 92. E-mail: chennequin{at}chu-clermontferrand.fr

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 18 June 2008.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, August 2008, p. 2820-2821, Vol. 46, No. 8
0095-1137/08/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.00744-08
Copyright © 2008, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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