PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Inkster, Teresa
AU  - Cordina, Claire
AU  - Siegmeth, Alexander
TI  - Septic arthritis following anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction secondary to <em>Clostridium sporogenes</em>; a rare clinical pathogen
AID  - 10.1136/jcp.2010.084434
DP  - 2011 Sep 01
TA  - Journal of Clinical Pathology
PG  - 820--821
VI  - 64
IP  - 9
4099  - http://jcp.bmj.com/content/64/9/820.short
4100  - http://jcp.bmj.com/content/64/9/820.full
SO  - J Clin Pathol2011 Sep 01; 64
AB  - A case of septic arthritis post anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction secondary to Clostridium sporogenes is described in a 19-year-old man. C sporogenes is a rare clinical pathogen and this is believed to be the first case of septic arthritis due to the organism. The patient responded to arthroscopic washout, synovectomy and combination antibiotic therapy. A review of the literature is also presented.