Pantoea agglomerans infection behaving like a tumor after plant thorn injury: An unusual presentation
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Pantoea agglomerans as a cause of septic arthritis after palm tree thorn injury; case report and literature review.
We report the case of a 14 year old healthy boy, who was admitted six weeks after being injured by a palm tree thorn, with limping caused by pain and swelling in his right knee. An ultrasound examination revealed a foreign body in the posterior lateral aspect of the right knee. Pantoea agglomerans was identified in the synovial fluid. The patient underwent two arthrotomies and was treated with ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0377-4929
DOI: 10.4103/0377-4929.101754