Primary meningococcal oligoarthritis of the knee—case report and review of the literature
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Shanmugasundaram Rajkumar; Una Walsh; Hani B. Abdul-Jabar; Abbas Rashid
- Source
- European Orthopaedics and Traumatology. 2:149-152
- Subject
- musculoskeletal diseases
medicine.medical_specialty
Pediatrics
Oligoarthritis
Sports medicine
business.industry
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
medicine.disease
Surgery
Joint aspiration
Antibacterial therapy
Orthopedic surgery
medicine
Septic arthritis
Presentation (obstetrics)
business
Meningitis
- Language
- ISSN
- 1867-4577
1867-4569
This report is of a healthy 49-year-old male with an isolated primary single-joint septic arthritis of the right knee. The patient had no clinical symptoms or signs of systemic meningitis or detectable meningococci in the blood. The presentation is rare and can be unusual. Complete recovery does usually occur if appropriate antibiotics therapy, joint aspiration and repeat washouts are performed early.