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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, July 2006, p. 2648-2649, Vol. 44, No. 7
0095-1137/06/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.00087-06
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

CASE REPORT

Septic Arthritis Caused by Mycobacterium kansasii in a Prosthetic Knee Joint

A. Neuberger,1 H. Sprecher,2 and I. Oren3*

Department of Internal Medicine A,1 Microbiology Laboratory,2 Infectious Diseases Unit, Rambam Medical Center and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion—Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, 31096, Israel3

Received 14 January 2006/ Returned for modification 7 March 2006/ Accepted 24 April 2006

Mycobacterium kansasii is a relatively common cause of nontuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary infection. Septic arthritis caused by Mycobacterium kansasii, on the other hand, is rare. Reported here for the first time is the case of an 82-year-old patient with an infection of a prosthetic knee joint with Mycobacterium kansasii.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Infectious Diseases Unit, Rambam Medical Center, Haifa, 31096, Israel. Phone: 972-4-8543605. Fax: 972-4-8542343. E-mail: i_oren{at}rambam.health.gov.il.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, July 2006, p. 2648-2649, Vol. 44, No. 7
0095-1137/06/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.00087-06
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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