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Monomicrobial Joint Infection by Leclercia adecarboxylata in an Immunocompetent Patient After Knee Arthroscopy: A Case Report.

Nicholas A HouseholderChandler S HarrisKatherine M KuglerDaniel A OakesDaniel A Oakes
Published in: JBJS case connector (2022)
This case report details a postoperative monomicrobial infection with L. adecarboxylata after a knee arthroscopy in an immunocompetent host. Although infection by this bacterium is rare, this case demonstrates the possibility of L. adecarboxylata infection in the knee joint after orthopaedic surgery.
Keyphrases
  • case report
  • total knee arthroplasty
  • minimally invasive
  • knee osteoarthritis
  • patients undergoing
  • anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction