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Review
. 2019 Aug;25(8):1587-1589.
doi: 10.3201/eid2508.181073.

Erwinia billingiae as Unusual Cause of Septic Arthritis, France, 2017

Isabelle Bonnet, Baptiste Bozzi, Eric Fourniols, Stéphane Mitrovic, Olivia Soulier-Escrihuela, Florence Brossier, Wladimir Sougakoff, Jérôme Robert, Stéphane Jauréguiberry, Alexandra Aubry; Pitié-Salpêtrière Infection Ostéo-articulaire group
Review

Erwinia billingiae as Unusual Cause of Septic Arthritis, France, 2017

Isabelle Bonnet et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2019 Aug.

Abstract

In 2017 in France, we treated a patient with knee septic arthritis caused by Erwinia billingiae after trauma involving a palm tree. This rare pathogen could only be identified through 16S rRNA gene sequencing. For bacterial infections after injuries with plants, 16S rRNA gene sequencing might be required for species identification.

Keywords: 16S rRNA; Enterobacteriaceae; Erwinia billingiae; France; MALDI-TOF; MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry; bacteria; case study; injury; knee septic arthritis; literature review; palm tree; plant.

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