title: Septic arthritis caused by Mycobacterium kansasii in a prosthetic knee joint.
abstract: Mycobacterium kansasii is a relatively common cause of nontuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary infection. Septic arthritis caused by Mycobacterium kansasii, on the other hand, is rare. Reported here for the first time is the case of an 82-year-old patient with an infection of a prosthetic knee joint with Mycobacterium kansasii.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine A, Microbiology Laboratory, Rambam Medical Center and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, 31096, Israel.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Neuberger
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sprecher
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Oren
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001170:Arthritis, Infectious / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D007720:Knee Prosthesis / Q000382:microbiology*; D008297:Male; D009165:Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / Q000382:microbiology*; D019909:Mycobacterium kansasii / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D016459:Prosthesis-Related Infections / Q000382:microbiology*