title: Septic arthritis of a native knee joint due to Corynebacterium striatum.
abstract: We report a case of septic arthritis of a native knee joint due to Corynebacterium striatum, a rare and unusual cause of septic arthritis of native joints. The isolate was identified by a combination of phenotypic, mass spectrometric, and nucleic acid-based assays and exhibited high-level resistance to most antimicrobials.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine, Hempstead, New York, USA.
authors.forename: Lars F
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: Westblade
authors.forename: Farah
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Shams
authors.forename: Scott
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Duong
authors.forename: Oosman
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Tariq
authors.forename: Alan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bulbin
authors.forename: Dava
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Klirsfeld
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zhen
authors.forename: Smita
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sakaria
authors.forename: Bradley A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Ford
authors.forename: Carey-Ann D
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Burnham
authors.forename: Christine C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Ginocchio
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001170:Arthritis, Infectious / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology*; D003352:Corynebacterium / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D003354:Corynebacterium Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D007719:Knee Joint / Q000382:microbiology*; D008297:Male