Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
Case Reports
. 2012 Oct;40(5):567-73.
doi: 10.1007/s15010-012-0250-9. Epub 2012 Mar 6.

First report of chronic implant-related septic arthritis and osteomyelitis due to Kytococcus schroeteri and a review of human K. schroeteri infections

J F W Chan  1 , S S Y Wong, S S M Leung, R Y Y Fan, A H Y Ngan, K K W To, S K P Lau, K-Y Yuen, P C Y Woo
Affiliations
Case Reports

First report of chronic implant-related septic arthritis and osteomyelitis due to Kytococcus schroeteri and a review of human K. schroeteri infections

J F W Chan et al. Infection. 2012 Oct.

Abstract

We report the first case of Kytococcus schroeteri implant-related septic arthritis and osteomyelitis, identified by phenotypic tests and 16S rRNA sequencing, which responded to implant removal and doxycycline. 16S rRNA sequencing was useful for the accurate and rapid identification of the organism as it exhibited three different colonial morphologies in vitro.

PubMed Disclaimer

Figures

Fig. 1
Fig. 1
Appearances of Kytococcus schroeteri morphotypes 1, 2, and 3 in 5% sheep blood agar after 72 h of incubation in 5% CO2 at 37°C. a, b Morphotype 1, c, d morphotype 2, e, f morphotype 3
Fig. 2
Fig. 2
Phylogenetic tree showing the relationships of the three morphotypes to closely related species. The tree was inferred from 16S rRNA gene sequence data by the neighbor-joining method and rooted using the 16S rRNA gene sequence of Dermacoccus profundi (AY894329.1). Bootstrap values were calculated from 1,000 trees. The scale bar indicates the estimated number of substitutions per 200 bases. Names and accession numbers are given as cited in the GenBank database
See this image and copyright information in PMC

References

    1. Stackebrandt E, Koch C, Gvozdiak O, Schumann P. Taxonomic dissection of the genus Micrococcus: Kocuria gen. nov., Nesterenkonia gen. nov., Kytococcus gen. nov., Dermacoccus gen. nov., and Micrococcus Cohn 1872 gen. emend. Int J Syst Bacteriol. 1995;45:682–92. Erratum in: Int J Syst Bacteriol 46:366 - PubMed
    1. Woo PC, Tam DM, Leung KW, Lau SK, Teng JL, Wong MK, Yuen KY. Streptococcus sinensis sp. nov., a novel Streptococcus species isolated from a patient with infective endocarditis. J Clin Microbiol. 2002;40:805–810. doi: 10.1128/JCM.40.3.805-810.2002. - DOI - PMC - PubMed
    1. Woo PC, Tse H, Lau SK, Leung KW, Woo GK, Wong MK, Yuen KY. Alkanindiges hongkongensis sp. nov. A novel Alkanindiges species isolated from a patient with parotid abscess. Syst Appl Microbiol. 2005;28:316–322. doi: 10.1016/j.syapm.2005.01.003. - DOI - PubMed
    1. Woo PC, Fung AM, Lau SK, Wong SS, Yuen KY. Group G beta-hemolytic streptococcal bacteremia characterized by 16S ribosomal RNA gene sequencing. J Clin Microbiol. 2001;39:3147–3155. doi: 10.1128/JCM.39.9.3147-3155.2001. - DOI - PMC - PubMed
    1. Woo PC, Tam DM, Lau SK, Fung AM, Yuen KY. Enterococcus cecorum empyema thoracis successfully treated with cefotaxime. J Clin Microbiol. 2004;42:919–922. doi: 10.1128/JCM.42.2.919-922.2004. - DOI - PMC - PubMed

Publication types

Associated data