Septic arthritis of the knee due to Fusobacterium necrophorum.
Gram-negative, anaerobic bacilli are unusual organisms to be isolated in cases of acute septic arthritis. We report the isolation of Fusobacterium necrophorum from joint aspirate in a case of acute septic arthritis, which presented 3 weeks after the drainage of a dental abscess.
Sonsale
Paresh D
PD
Orthopaedic Department, Derbyshire Royal Infirmary, Derby, United Kingdom.
Philipson
Mark R
MR
Bowskill
Jilean
J
D000208:Acute Disease; D001170:Arthritis, Infectious / Q000382:microbiology*; D002648:Child; D005675:Fusobacterium necrophorum / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D007717:Knee; D008297:Male