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Volume 31, Number 7—July 2025

Research Letter

Septic Arthritis and Osteomyelitis in Finger Caused by Mycoplasma phocimorsus from Brown Bear, Alaska, USA

Benjamin P. WestleyComments to Author , Alan Swenson, Shanna Berry-Vo, Stephanie Wettin, and Daniel R. Brown
Author affiliation: Private practice, Anchorage, Alaska, USA (B.P. Westley, S. Berry-Vo); Orthopedics Physicians of Alaska, Anchorage (A. Swenson, S. Wettin); College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA (D.R. Brown)

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Figure 1

Finger laceration in case of septic arthritis and osteomyelitis in finger caused by Mycoplasma phocimorsus from brown bear (Ursus arctos), Alaska, 2024. Left fifth finger laceration occurred while skinning a brown bear. Laceration is shown overlying the proximal interphalyngeal joint with surrounding edema.

Figure 1. Finger laceration in case of septic arthritis and osteomyelitis in finger caused by Mycoplasma phocimorsus from brown bear (Ursus arctos), Alaska, 2024. Left fifth finger laceration occurred while skinning a brown bear. Laceration is shown overlying the proximal interphalyngeal joint with surrounding edema.

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