A Rare Case of Septic Knee Arthritis Caused by Clostridium perfringens in a Patient With Colostomy

Septic arthritis of the knee is commonly caused by aerobic organisms. Rarely, it can be caused by Clostridium perfringens, usually due to penetrating trauma. This is a rare case of C. perfringens septic arthritis in a patient with colostomy due to hematogenous spread. The patient was treated success...

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Autores principales: Khubaib, Mohammad U, Stark, Brett E, Gross, Benjamin, Gross, Michael L, Vazquez, Oscar
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
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Internal Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8425027/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34522480
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.16823
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author Khubaib, Mohammad U
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description Septic arthritis of the knee is commonly caused by aerobic organisms. Rarely, it can be caused by Clostridium perfringens, usually due to penetrating trauma. This is a rare case of C. perfringens septic arthritis in a patient with colostomy due to hematogenous spread. The patient was treated successfully with a synovectomy and a prolonged intravenous antibiotic course. The case report summarizes the existing literature on the topic and discusses the diagnosis, management, and prognosis of such cases as well.
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spelling pubmed-84250272021-09-13 A Rare Case of Septic Knee Arthritis Caused by Clostridium perfringens in a Patient With Colostomy Khubaib, Mohammad U Stark, Brett E Gross, Benjamin Gross, Michael L Vazquez, Oscar Cureus Internal Medicine Septic arthritis of the knee is commonly caused by aerobic organisms. Rarely, it can be caused by Clostridium perfringens, usually due to penetrating trauma. This is a rare case of C. perfringens septic arthritis in a patient with colostomy due to hematogenous spread. The patient was treated successfully with a synovectomy and a prolonged intravenous antibiotic course. The case report summarizes the existing literature on the topic and discusses the diagnosis, management, and prognosis of such cases as well. Cureus 2021-08-02 /pmc/articles/PMC8425027/ /pubmed/34522480 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.16823 Text en Copyright © 2021, Khubaib et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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A Rare Case of Septic Knee Arthritis Caused by Clostridium perfringens in a Patient With Colostomy
title A Rare Case of Septic Knee Arthritis Caused by Clostridium perfringens in a Patient With Colostomy
title_full A Rare Case of Septic Knee Arthritis Caused by Clostridium perfringens in a Patient With Colostomy
title_fullStr A Rare Case of Septic Knee Arthritis Caused by Clostridium perfringens in a Patient With Colostomy
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title_short A Rare Case of Septic Knee Arthritis Caused by Clostridium perfringens in a Patient With Colostomy
title_sort rare case of septic knee arthritis caused by clostridium perfringens in a patient with colostomy
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8425027/
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