Open AccessA Case of Septic Arthritis of the Wrist due toFinegoldia magna
Author(s) -
Camelia Arsene,
Abhijit Saste,
Manya Somiah,
Janee Mestrovich,
Gregory Berger
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
case reports in infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2090-6625
pISSN - 2090-6633
DOI - 10.1155/2014/793053
Subject(s) - medicine , septic arthritis , wrist , arthritis , physical therapy , surgery
Finegoldia magna ( F. magna ) has been described as one of the most frequent pathogens in the etiology of postoperative and prosthetic implant associated septic arthritis. In this report, we document our first experience with septic arthritis of the wrist caused by F. magna occurring in a joint with primary disease from prior trauma.
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