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SUBMITTER: Menard A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2916600 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ménard Armelle A Harambat Jérome J Pereyre Sabine S Pontailler Jean-Roger JR Mégraud Francis F Richer Olivier O
Journal of clinical microbiology 20100623 8
Klebsiella oxytoca is known to be a pathogen in immunodeficient adults and children. Here we report the first case of a K. oxytoca infection associated with spontaneous arthritis of the knee in a child with no history of immunosuppressive therapy or previous bacterial infections. Despite an initial antibiotic treatment failure, a second treatment led to a cure of the infection with no joint sequelae. ...[more]