title: Clostridium perfringens and Staphylococcus epidermidis polymicrobial septic arthritis. A case report.
abstract: Septic arthritis caused by Clostridium perfringens is extremely rare. Previously there has been only one report of Clostridium perfringens in combination with an aerobe causing septic arthritis. This report presents a 23-year-old man with a mixed aerobic/anaerobic septic arthritis treated with intravenous antibiotics and repeated surgical drainage. It is the only report to date of a polymicrobial septic arthritis involving both Staphylococcus epidermidis and Clostridium perfringens. This report and a review of the literature demonstrate the existence of polymicrobial septic arthritis and illustrate its fulminant nature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Montefiore Hospital, Bronx, New York 10467.
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: McAllister
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Zillmer
authors.forename: N J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Cobelli
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001170:Arthritis, Infectious / Q000473:pathology; D003015:Clostridium Infections / Q000150:complications*; D003016:Clostridium perfringens; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012785:Shoulder Joint; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000150:complications*; D013212:Staphylococcus epidermidis