Hadid Hiba, Usman Muhammad, Thapa Sudeep
Department of Internal Medicine, Henry Ford Hospital, 2799 W. Grand Boulevard, Detroit, MI 48202, USA.
Case Rep Infect Dis. 2015;2015:347652. doi: 10.1155/2015/347652. Epub 2015 Jun 15.
Septic arthritis and osteomyelitis due to Serratia marcescens in immunocompetent patients without risk factors are extremely rare. Here, we report a case of septic arthritis and severe adjacent osteomyelitis of the tibia due to Serratia marcescens in a diabetic community-dweller patient. The patient had no contact with healthcare workers or facilities and had no chronic disease except for poorly controlled diabetes. Without predisposing risk factors, this type of infection is extremely rare, even in diabetics.
在没有危险因素的免疫功能正常患者中,由粘质沙雷氏菌引起的化脓性关节炎和骨髓炎极为罕见。在此,我们报告一例在社区居住的糖尿病患者中,由粘质沙雷氏菌引起的化脓性关节炎及严重的胫骨相邻骨髓炎病例。该患者未接触过医护人员或医疗设施,除糖尿病控制不佳外无其他慢性病。在没有诱发危险因素的情况下,即使在糖尿病患者中,这种类型的感染也极为罕见。