Infection of the knee joint with Mycobacterium xenopi.
Mycobacterium xenopi infection of the knee joint occurred in a 71-year-old man. Owing to the failure to recognize the "contaminant" initially as a possible etiologic agent, the joint was destroyed and eventually treated by arthrodesis.
D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D007592:Joint Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D007719:Knee Joint; D008297:Male; D009164:Mycobacterium Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D009165:Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / Q000175:diagnosis*