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SEPTIC ARTHRITIS CAUSED BY HEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE IN AN ADULT: CASE REPORT
Author(s) -
Lefkovits Aaron M.,
Noonan Jimmy R.
Publication year - 1968
Publication title -
journal of the american geriatrics society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.992
H-Index - 232
eISSN - 1532-5415
pISSN - 0002-8614
DOI - 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1968.tb02750.x
Subject(s) - medicine , septic arthritis , antibiotics , arthritis , respiratory system , surgery , knee joint , synovial fluid , osteoarthritis , pathology , microbiology and biotechnology , alternative medicine , biology
A bstract In a 63‐year‐old Negro male, septic arthritis developed in the right knee (already the site of advanced degenerative changes) after an upper respiratory infection. The causative organism was identified as Hemophilus influenzae only after the fluid aspirated from the knee was inoculated into chocolate‐agar under CO 2 , four days after admission to the hospital. Re‐accumulated fluid was aspirated repeatedly from the joint. Antibiotics were administered intra‐articularly, intravenously and later orally. The patient also was treated symptomatically and with physiotherapy. He recovered satisfactorily to the point of being able to walk with crutches, and left the hospital eight weeks after admission.