Nocardia septic arthritis complicating an anterior cruciate ligament repair

Authors

Elaine Yong, Concord Repatriation General Hospital
Elaine Cheong, Concord Repatriation General Hospital
Craig S. Boutlis, University of WollongongFollow
Darren B. Chen, Sydney Knee Specialists
Eunice Liu, Concord Repatriation General Hospital
Genevieve Mckew, University of Sydney

RIS ID

102304

Publication Details

Yong, E. X. L., Cheong, E. Y. L., Boutlis, C. S., Chen, D. B., Liu, E. Y. -T. & Mckew, G. L. (2015). Nocardia septic arthritis complicating an anterior cruciate ligament repair. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 53 (8), 2760-2762.

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.