RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Septic arthritis of the knee joint secondary to prevotella bivia
JF Saudi Medical Journal
JO Saudi Med J
FD Prince Sultan Military Medical City
SP 426
OP 428
VO 30
IS 3
A1 Salman, Salman A.
A1 Baharoon, Salim A.
YR 2009
UL http://smj.org.sa/content/30/3/426.abstract
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.