Corynebacterium xerosis septic arthritis

P Valenstein; A Klein; C Ballow; W Greene

doi:10.1093/ajcp/89.4.569

Corynebacterium xerosis septic arthritis

Am J Clin Pathol. 1988 Apr;89(4):569-71. doi: 10.1093/ajcp/89.4.569.

Authors

P Valenstein¹, A Klein, C Ballow, W Greene

Affiliation

¹ Department of Pathology, State University of New York, Stony Brook 11794-8691.

PMID: 3354512
DOI: 10.1093/ajcp/89.4.569

Abstract

A 62-year-old man developed acute septic arthritis due to Corynebacterium xerosis. The patient was treated with ampicillin and rapidly recovered. To the authors' knowledge this is the only reported case of septic arthritis due to C. xerosis. Clinical features of this case and the five previously reported cases of diphtheroid arthritis are discussed.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Acute Disease
Arthritis, Infectious* / drug therapy
Arthritis, Infectious* / etiology*
Arthritis, Infectious* / microbiology
Corynebacterium Infections* / drug therapy
Corynebacterium Infections* / microbiology
Humans
Knee Joint
Male
Middle Aged