Pseudomonas stutzeri knee arthritis in a child: case report and review.
We report a child with Pseudomonas stutzeri-associated right knee arthritis following knife puncture wound. Only four children with P. stutzeri-associated infections have been reported in the English literature in the last 40 years of whom one suffered from calcaneal osteomyelitis caused by this pathogen. In both cases, the suggested mechanism of the infection was local rather than bacterium invasion.
Miron
Dan
D
Pediatric Department A, HaEmek Medical Center, Rappaport School of Medicine, Haifa, Israel. miron_da@clalit.org.il
Keness
Yoram
Y
Bor
Noam
N
Spiegel
Ronen
R
Horowitz
Yoseph
Y
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001170:Arthritis, Infectious / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D002648:Child; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D006801:Humans; D007718:Knee Injuries / Q000382:microbiology; D008297:Male; D011552:Pseudomonas Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D044223:Pseudomonas stutzeri / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000502:physiology; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014950:Wounds, Penetrating / Q000382:microbiology
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents