Septic arthritis of the knee due to Pantoea agglomerans: look for the thorn

We report on a patient with septic arthritis of the knee with Pantoea agglomerans after a penetrating black locust thorn injury. Antibiotics alone or in combination with an arthroscopy may be insufficient for achieving source control. Accurate medical history and open debridement with a search for a...

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Autores principales: Koester, Tobias, Kusano, Taro, Eijer, Henk, Escher, Robert, Waldegg, Gabriel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Copernicus GmbH 2020
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7852405/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33552878
http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/jbji-6-51-2020
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author Koester, Tobias
Kusano, Taro
Eijer, Henk
Escher, Robert
Waldegg, Gabriel
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description We report on a patient with septic arthritis of the knee with Pantoea agglomerans after a penetrating black locust thorn injury. Antibiotics alone or in combination with an arthroscopy may be insufficient for achieving source control. Accurate medical history and open debridement with a search for a thorn fragment are key to successful treatment.
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spelling pubmed-78524052021-02-04 Septic arthritis of the knee due to Pantoea agglomerans: look for the thorn Koester, Tobias Kusano, Taro Eijer, Henk Escher, Robert Waldegg, Gabriel J Bone Jt Infect Case Report We report on a patient with septic arthritis of the knee with Pantoea agglomerans after a penetrating black locust thorn injury. Antibiotics alone or in combination with an arthroscopy may be insufficient for achieving source control. Accurate medical history and open debridement with a search for a thorn fragment are key to successful treatment. Copernicus GmbH 2020-12-15 /pmc/articles/PMC7852405/ /pubmed/33552878 http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/jbji-6-51-2020 Text en Copyright: © 2020 Tobias Koester et al. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this licence, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Septic arthritis of the knee due to Pantoea agglomerans: look for the thorn
title Septic arthritis of the knee due to Pantoea agglomerans: look for the thorn
title_full Septic arthritis of the knee due to Pantoea agglomerans: look for the thorn
title_fullStr Septic arthritis of the knee due to Pantoea agglomerans: look for the thorn
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title_short Septic arthritis of the knee due to Pantoea agglomerans: look for the thorn
title_sort septic arthritis of the knee due to pantoea agglomerans: look for the thorn
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7852405/
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