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Kim, Hur, Cho, Jung, Myung, Lee, Chun, Kim, Shin, and Choo: A Case of Septic Knee Arthritis Caused by Salmonella Enteritidis
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Infection & Chemotherapy

Infection & Chemotherapy 2012; 44(6): 462-464.

Published online: 31 December 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3947/ic.2012.44.6.462

A Case of Septic Knee Arthritis Caused by Salmonella Enteritidis

Min Jin Kim1, Soon Mi Hur1, Youn Hee Cho1, Hee Jae Jung1, Yu Sik Myung1, Eun Jung Lee1, Min Hyuk Chun1, Tae Hyung Kim1, Hee Bong Shin2, Eun Ju Choo1

1Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Soonchunhyang University, Bucheon, Korea.

2Department of Laboratory Medicine, College of Medicine, Soonchunhyang University, Bucheon, Korea.

Correspondence to Eun Ju Choo, M.D. Department of Internal Medicine Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Bucheon Hospital 1174, Jung-Dong, Wonmi-Gu, Bucheon, Gyeonggi-Do, 420-767, Korea. Tel: +82-32-621-5202, Fax: +82-32-621-5016, mdchoo@schmc.ac.kr

Received 17 March 2012       Revised 5 July 2012       Accepted 5 July 2012

Copyright © 2012 by The Korean Society of Infectious Diseases and Korean Society for Chemotherapy

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Abstract

Salmonella septic arthritis in a healthy, immunocompetent patient is extremely rare. We experienced a case of septic arthritis of the knee caused by Salmonella Group D in a patient with Non-small cell lung cancer. A 43-year-old female receiving steroid therapy for treatment of Non-small cell lung cancer with metastasis to the spinal cord complained of painful swelling of the right knee joint. Culture of synovial fluid obtained by aspiration yielded growth of Salmonella Group D. The patient was treated with ceftriaxone; however, she expired on the ninth day after treatment.

Keywords: Salmonella, Septic arthritis, Knee

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