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Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, 1965;47:375-379.
© 1965 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc

Prepatellar Bursitis Caused by Mycobacterium marinum (balnei)

CASE REPORT, CLASSIFICATION, AND REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE

FRANK E. WINTER M.D.1 and ERNEST H. RUNYON PH.D.1

1 From the University of Utah, College of Medicine, Department of Surgery, Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, and Department of Microbiology, and from the Veterans Administration Hospital Surgical Service, Salt Lake City

A case of prepatellar bursitis which, clinically, appeared to be a simple pyogenic infection proved to be an infection with Mycobacterium marinum (balnei). The bacteriology and epidemiology of this acid-fast bacillus is presented. It was one of fifty mycobacterial strains obtained from bone, joint, or other extrapulmonary lesions and cultured at the Mycobacterial Research Laboratory, Veterans Administration Hospital, Salt Lake City, Utah. Each of the fifty strains was readily classified as one of nine species or groups. It is important to search not only for tubercle bacilli but also for other acid-fast species in infections of musculoskeletal and soft tissues.


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