PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Salman, Salman A.
AU  - Baharoon, Salim A.
TI  - Septic arthritis of the knee joint secondary to prevotella bivia
DP  - 2009 Mar 01
TA  - Saudi Medical Journal
PG  - 426--428
VI  - 30
IP  - 3
4099  - http://smj.org.sa/content/30/3/426.short
4100  - http://smj.org.sa/content/30/3/426.full
SO  - Saudi Med J2009 Mar 01; 30
AB  - Prevotella bivia is an obligatory anaerobic, gram-negative rod, which often produces a detectable beta-lactamase. To date, there has been only 3 descriptions of septic arthritis secondary to this microorganism in a patients pre-existing sever joint disease like rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis or after joint prosthesis. We are reporting the first case of septic arthritis due to Prevotella bivia in a patient with no pre-existing joint symptoms.