First isolation of Clostridium amygdalinum from a patient with chronic osteitis.

ABSTRACT: We describe a case of osteitis caused by a new and unusual Clostridium species, Clostridium amygdalinum, an environmental, moderately thermophilic bacterium. This is the first documented report of human infection caused by this organism.

SUBMITTER: Carlier JP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1594748 | biostudies-literature | 2006 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature