title: Nocardia Septic Arthritis Complicating an Anterior Cruciate Ligament Repair.
abstract: Nocardia infection following anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) allograft reconstruction is a rare occurrence. We report a case of Nocardia infection of an allograft ACL reconstruction and septic arthritis of the knee joint due to an organism most similar to the novel Nocardia species Nocardia aobensis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Concord Repatriation General Hospital, Concord, New South Wales, Australia exiaolei@me.com genmckew@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Elaine X L
authors.initials: EX
authors.lastname: Yong
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Concord Repatriation General Hospital, Concord, New South Wales, Australia School of Medicine, University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
authors.forename: Elaine Y L
authors.initials: EY
authors.lastname: Cheong
authors.affiliation: Infectious Diseases Department, Wollongong Hospital, Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia School of Medicine, University of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia.
authors.forename: Craig S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Boutlis
authors.affiliation: Sydney Knee Specialists, Kogarah, New South Wales, Australia.
authors.forename: Darren B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Concord Repatriation General Hospital, Concord, New South Wales, Australia.
authors.forename: Eunice Y-T
authors.initials: EY
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Concord Repatriation General Hospital, Concord, New South Wales, Australia School of Medicine, University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia exiaolei@me.com genmckew@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Genevieve L
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5238-9260
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: McKew
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D064591:Allografts; D016118:Anterior Cruciate Ligament / Q000601:surgery*; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D001170:Arthritis, Infectious / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007719:Knee Joint / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D009615:Nocardia / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification; D009617:Nocardia Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology*; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology*
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents