Septic arthritis of the knee joint secondary to prevotella bivia
Saudi Medical Journal. 2009; 30 (3): 426-428
in English
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| ID: emr-92668
ABSTRACT
Prevotella bivia is an obligatory anaerobic, gram-negative rod, which often produces a detectable beta-lactamase. To date, there has been only 3 descriptions of septic arthritis secondary to this microorganism in a patients pre-existing sever joint disease like rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis or after joint prosthesis. We are reporting the first case of septic arthritis due to Prevotella bivia in a patient with no pre-existing joint symptoms
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IMEMR (Eastern Mediterranean)
Main subject:
Arthritis, Infectious
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Prevotella
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Knee Joint
Type of study:
Case report
Limits:
Humans
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Male
Language:
English
Journal:
Saudi Med. J.
Year:
2009
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