The first reported case of Staphylococcus pettenkoferi prosthetic joint infection

Savanah D Gisriel; Jeremy W Jacobs

doi:10.1016/j.micinf.2022.104978

The first reported case of Staphylococcus pettenkoferi prosthetic joint infection

Microbes Infect. 2022 Sep;24(6-7):104978. doi: 10.1016/j.micinf.2022.104978. Epub 2022 Apr 11.

Authors

Savanah D Gisriel¹, Jeremy W Jacobs²

Affiliations

¹ Departments of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA. Electronic address: Savanah.gisriel@yale.edu.
² Department of Laboratory Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA. Electronic address: Jeremy.jacobs@yale.edu.

PMID: 35421570
DOI: 10.1016/j.micinf.2022.104978

Abstract

Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcus epidermidis are among the most frequent causes of prosthetic joint infections (PJIs). Staphylococcus pettenkoferi, a coagulase-negative Staphylococcal species first described in 2002, has been detected in fewer than 20 patients with true infection (15 cases of bacteremia and 1 case of osteomyelitis). This organism has never been implicated in a PJI, likely owing in part to the difficulty in identification via biochemical methods. S. pettenkoferi is almost universally reported to be a contaminant when detected. We report the first case of a PJI caused by S. pettenkoferi, highlighting its infectious potential in specific patient populations.

Keywords: Coagulase-negative staphylococci; Prosthetic joint infection; Staphylococcus pettenkoferi; Surgical infection.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Coagulase*
Humans
Staphylococcal Infections* / diagnosis
Staphylococcus / genetics
Staphylococcus aureus / genetics

Substances

Coagulase

Supplementary concepts

Staphylococcus pettenkoferi