Servicio de Microbiología Clínica y Enfermedades Infecciosas, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, 28007 Madrid, Spain.
J Clin Microbiol. 2011 Sep;49(9):3409-10. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00770-11. Epub 2011 Jun 29.
Extrapulmonary infections caused by Legionella spp. other than Legionella pneumophila are rare. We report what is, to our knowledge, the first description of a prosthetic joint infection due to Legionella spp. Systematic testing of samples with suspected prosthetic infection by molecular biology techniques was essential. Legionella micdadei should be added to the list of microorganisms causing prosthetic joint infection.
除嗜肺军团菌外,军团菌属引起的肺外感染较为少见。我们报道了首例据我们所知的由军团菌属引起的人工关节感染。对疑似人工关节感染的样本进行分子生物学技术的系统检测是至关重要的。米克达德军团菌应添加到引起人工关节感染的微生物列表中。