Nocardia Septic Arthritis Complicating an Anterior Cruciate Ligament Repair

Elaine X L Yong; Elaine Y L Cheong; Craig S Boutlis; Darren B Chen; Eunice Y-T Liu; Genevieve L McKew

doi:10.1128/JCM.00754-15

Nocardia Septic Arthritis Complicating an Anterior Cruciate Ligament Repair

J Clin Microbiol. 2015 Aug;53(8):2760-2. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00754-15. Epub 2015 Jun 3.

Authors

Elaine X L Yong¹, Elaine Y L Cheong², Craig S Boutlis³, Darren B Chen⁴, Eunice Y-T Liu⁵, Genevieve L McKew⁶

Affiliations

¹ Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Concord Repatriation General Hospital, Concord, New South Wales, Australia exiaolei@me.com genmckew@hotmail.com.
² Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Concord Repatriation General Hospital, Concord, New South Wales, Australia School of Medicine, University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
³ Infectious Diseases Department, Wollongong Hospital, Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia School of Medicine, University of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia.
⁴ Sydney Knee Specialists, Kogarah, New South Wales, Australia.
⁵ Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Concord Repatriation General Hospital, Concord, New South Wales, Australia.
⁶ Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Concord Repatriation General Hospital, Concord, New South Wales, Australia School of Medicine, University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia exiaolei@me.com genmckew@hotmail.com.

Abstract

Nocardia infection following anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) allograft reconstruction is a rare occurrence. We report a case of Nocardia infection of an allograft ACL reconstruction and septic arthritis of the knee joint due to an organism most similar to the novel Nocardia species Nocardia aobensis.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Allografts
Anterior Cruciate Ligament / surgery*
Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology
Arthritis, Infectious / diagnosis*
Arthritis, Infectious / pathology*
Humans
Knee Joint / pathology
Male
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
Nocardia / classification
Nocardia / isolation & purification
Nocardia Infections / diagnosis*
Nocardia Infections / pathology*
Surgical Wound Infection / diagnosis*
Surgical Wound Infection / pathology*

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents