Septic arthritis caused by Chryseobacterium meningosepticum in an immunocompetent male

Scand J Infect Dis. 2002;34(4):299-300. doi: 10.1080/00365540110077461.

Abstract

This is the first report of septic arthritis of the knee caused by Chryseobacterium meningosepticum. The infection was associated with a penetrating injury to the joint. The patient was cured by flushing of the joint and antibiotic treatment.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Arthritis, Infectious / microbiology*
  • Arthritis, Infectious / pathology
  • Ciprofloxacin / therapeutic use
  • Drug Resistance
  • Flavobacterium / pathogenicity*
  • Humans
  • Immunocompetence
  • Joints
  • Male
  • Vancomycin / therapeutic use
  • Wounds, Penetrating / complications
  • Wounds, Penetrating / microbiology
  • beta-Lactamases / biosynthesis
  • beta-Lactamases / metabolism

Substances

  • Ciprofloxacin
  • Vancomycin
  • beta-Lactamases