Bacterial arthritis caused by Leptotrichia amnionii.
Leptotrichia amnionii is an organism that rarely causes female genital tract infection. We describe a case of a male patient with arthritis on the left knee joint due to this organism.
Goto
Miki
M
Department of Clinical Laboratory, Tsukuba University Hospital, Tsukuba Ibaraki 305-8576, Japan.
Hitomi
Shigemi
S
Ishii
Tomoo
T
D001170:Arthritis, Infectious / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D045825:Fusobacteriaceae Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D007719:Knee Joint / Q000382:microbiology; D045183:Leptotrichia / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000382:microbiology; D013582:Synovial Fluid / Q000382:microbiology