Bacterial arthritis caused by Leptotrichia amnionii.
Miki Goto, Shigemi Hitomi, Tomoo Ishii
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Miki Goto: Department of Clinical Laboratory, Tsukuba University Hospital, Tsukuba Ibaraki 305-8576, Japan.
Leptotrichia amnionii is an organism that rarely causes female genital tract infection . We describe a case of a male patient with arthritis on the left knee joint due to this organism.
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Arthritis, Infectious
Female
Fusobacteriaceae Infections
Humans
Knee Joint
Leptotrichia
Male
Middle Aged
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications, Infectious
Synovial Fluid
