Acromioclavicular Septic Arthritis Caused by Veillonella parvula

We hereby report the case of a primary acromioclavicular septic arthritis caused by Veillonella parvula. This bacteria is rare as a pathogen but is well known as a commensal of the lungs, vagina, mouth, and gastrointestinal tract of humans. However, it may turn as an opportunistic pathogen. It was i...

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Autores principales: Prod'homme, Marc, Pfander, Gilles, Pavese, Patricia, Cech, Alexandre, Abouelnaga, Islam, Helfer, Lionel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2019
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6900941/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31885984
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/7106252
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author Prod'homme, Marc
Pfander, Gilles
Pavese, Patricia
Cech, Alexandre
Abouelnaga, Islam
Helfer, Lionel
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description We hereby report the case of a primary acromioclavicular septic arthritis caused by Veillonella parvula. This bacteria is rare as a pathogen but is well known as a commensal of the lungs, vagina, mouth, and gastrointestinal tract of humans. However, it may turn as an opportunistic pathogen. It was isolated in blood culture and confirmed in biopsy specimen. The patient had complete recovery after surgical washout with second look at postoperative day two and targeted antibiotic treatment.
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spelling pubmed-69009412019-12-29 Acromioclavicular Septic Arthritis Caused by Veillonella parvula Prod'homme, Marc Pfander, Gilles Pavese, Patricia Cech, Alexandre Abouelnaga, Islam Helfer, Lionel Case Rep Orthop Case Report We hereby report the case of a primary acromioclavicular septic arthritis caused by Veillonella parvula. This bacteria is rare as a pathogen but is well known as a commensal of the lungs, vagina, mouth, and gastrointestinal tract of humans. However, it may turn as an opportunistic pathogen. It was isolated in blood culture and confirmed in biopsy specimen. The patient had complete recovery after surgical washout with second look at postoperative day two and targeted antibiotic treatment. Hindawi 2019-11-27 /pmc/articles/PMC6900941/ /pubmed/31885984 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/7106252 Text en Copyright © 2019 Marc Prod'homme et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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