Septic Arthritis of a Native Knee Joint Due to Corynebacterium striatum | Zendy

Lars F. Westblade | Zendy; Farah Shams | Zendy; Scott Duong | Zendy; Oosman Tariq | Zendy; Alan Bulbin | Zendy; Dava Klirsfeld | Zendy; Zhen Wei | Zendy; Smita Sakaria | Zendy; Bradley Ford | Zendy; CareyAnn D. Burnham | Zendy; Christine C. Ginocchio | Zendy

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Septic Arthritis of a Native Knee Joint Due to Corynebacterium striatum

Author(s) -

Lars F. Westblade,

Farah Shams,

Scott Duong,

Oosman Tariq,

Alan Bulbin,

Dava Klirsfeld,

Zhen Wei,

Smita Sakaria,

Bradley Ford,

CareyAnn D. Burnham,

Christine C. Ginocchio

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

journal of clinical microbiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.349

H-Index - 255

eISSN - 1070-633X

pISSN - 0095-1137

DOI - 10.1128/jcm.02641-13

Subject(s) - septic arthritis , arthritis , corynebacterium , knee joint , medicine , corynebacterium glutamicum , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , immunology , bacteria , surgery , genetics

We report a case of septic arthritis of a native knee joint due to Corynebacterium striatum, a rare and unusual cause of septic arthritis of native joints. The isolate was identified by a combination of phenotypic, mass spectrometric, and nucleic acid-based assays and exhibited high-level resistance to most antimicrobials.

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