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Tibial osteomyelitis caused by Gordonia bronchialis in an immunocompetent patient.


ABSTRACT: Gordonia species are aerobic Gram-positive bacilli that rarely cause human infections, often in the setting of indwelling intravascular catheters. We report the first case of osteomyelitis caused by Gordonia bronchialis in a healthy immunocompetent host in the absence of an intravascular catheter.

SUBMITTER: Siddiqui N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3421797 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Tibial osteomyelitis caused by Gordonia bronchialis in an immunocompetent patient.

Siddiqui Nauman N   Toumeh Anis A   Georgescu Claudiu C  

Journal of clinical microbiology 20120612 9


Gordonia species are aerobic Gram-positive bacilli that rarely cause human infections, often in the setting of indwelling intravascular catheters. We report the first case of osteomyelitis caused by Gordonia bronchialis in a healthy immunocompetent host in the absence of an intravascular catheter. ...[more]

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