Septic arthritis of the knee joint secondary to prevotella bivia
Saudi Medical Journal. 2009; 30 (3): 426-428
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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 (Mediterraneo Oriental)
Asunto principal:
Artritis Infecciosa
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Prevotella
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Articulación de la Rodilla
Tipo de estudio:
Informe de Casos
Límite:
Humanos
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Masculino
Idioma:
Inglés
Revista:
Saudi Med. J.
Año:
2009
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