Septic Arthritis of the Knee Due to Fusobacterium necrophorum
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Septic arthritis of the knee due to Fusobacterium necrophorum.
Gram-negative, anaerobic bacilli are unusual organisms to be isolated in cases of acute septic arthritis. We report the isolation of Fusobacterium necrophorum from joint aspirate in a case of acute septic arthritis, which presented 3 weeks after the drainage of a dental abscess.
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Clinical Microbiology
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0095-1137,1098-660X
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.42.7.3369-3370.2004