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Nocardia Septic Arthritis Complicating an Anterior Cruciate Ligament Repair
- Source :
- Journal of clinical microbiology. 53(8)
- Publication Year :
- 2015
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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 .
- Subjects :
- Microbiology (medical)
Adult
Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Knee Joint
Anterior cruciate ligament
Arthritis
Nocardia Infections
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
Case Reports
Nocardia species
Nocardia
medicine
Humans
Surgical Wound Infection
Anterior Cruciate Ligament
Nocardia aobensis
Arthritis, Infectious
biology
integumentary system
business.industry
medicine.disease
biology.organism_classification
bacterial infections and mycoses
musculoskeletal system
Allografts
Surgery
Anti-Bacterial Agents
medicine.anatomical_structure
surgical procedures, operative
Septic arthritis
business
human activities
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 1098660X
- Volume :
- 53
- Issue :
- 8
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of clinical microbiology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....104be1b7d949c70307c05e9adac6914b