Infections ostéoarticulaires post-traumatiques des membres par Clostridium spp.

First isolation of Clostridium indolis in a patient with chronic osteitis: a case report and literature review of human infections related to Clostridium saccharolyticum group species

“…Five bacteriological specimens (screws and collection) were sampled as are well known for their involvement in human infections mostly related to the production of specific toxins. Clostridium species can also be associated with post-traumatic infections [6] and only few species among the genus Clostridium are involved in osteo-articular infections [7][8][9][10][11]. Interestingly, C. indolis, which belongs to the C. saccharolyticum group along with…”