Native joint septic arthritis due to Clostridium tarantellae.

Anaerobe

Laboratory of Microbiology, Department of Infectious Agents, Saint Louis - Lariboisiere - Fernand Widal University Hospital, APHP, Paris, France; IAME, UMR 1137, INSERM, Paris Diderot University, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France.

Published: April 2019

Clostridium is a diverse genus including more than 200 species involved in varied clinical presentations in infectious diseases. Septic arthritis caused by Clostridium sp. are however uncommon. We report here the first septic arthritis due to Clostridium tarantellae, formerly called Eubacterium tarantellae, in a patient under anti-TNF therapy.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.anaerobe.2019.02.004DOI Listing

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