TY  - JOUR
T1  - A case of unusual septic knee arthritis with Brucella abortus after arthroscopic meniscus surgery
AU  - Lee, Keun Hwa
AU  - Kang, Hyunseong
AU  - Kim, Taejung
AU  - Choi, Sungwook
PY  - 2016
DA  - April
JF  - Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica
PB  - Turkish Association of Orthopaedics and Traumatology
WT  - DergiPark
SN  - 1017-995X
SP  - 385
VL  - 50
IS  - 3
LA  - en
AB  - We present a 51-year-old male patient with Brucella abortus septic arthritis in the right knee following arthroscopic meniscus surgery. He had eaten a traditional dish of raw minced cattle conceptus (bovine fetus) that was prepared after the cow was slaughtered. Despite treatment with empirical antibiotics and debridement of the postoperative surgical wound, the infection persisted without improvement. Polymerase chain reaction sequencing identified Brucella abortus from tissue samples obtained from the patient. After confirmation of the diagnosis of brucellar infection, antibiotics were replaced with doxycycline and rifampin, which were used for 4 months. In patients with a non-specific arthralgia who eat raw meat or live close to animals, it is important to consider the possibility of septic arthritis due to infection with Brucella spp.
KW  - Brucellar abortus; Brucellar infection
KW  - knee; septic arthritis.
UR  - https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/aott/article/192513
L1  - https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/170794
ER  -