Emerging Infectious Diseases (Oct 2018)

Community-Acquired Staphylococcus argenteus Sequence Type 2250 Bone and Joint Infection, France, 2017

  • Josselin Rigaill,
  • Florence Grattard,
  • Sylvain Grange,
  • Fabien Forest,
  • Elie Haddad,
  • Anne Carricajo,
  • Anne Tristan,
  • Frederic Laurent,
  • Elisabeth Botelho-Nevers,
  • Paul O. Verhoeven

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2410.180727
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 24, no. 10
pp. 1958 – 1961

Abstract

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We report a rare case of Staphylococcus argenteus bone and joint infection in a 9-year-old boy in France. His finger arthritis was complicated by osteitis 5 weeks later, which resulted in a secondary intervention. This case indicates the virulence of S. argenteus, an emerging pathogen whose clinical effects are poorly described.

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