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Nocardia Septic Arthritis Complicating an Anterior Cruciate Ligament Repair |
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| Authors: | Elaine X. L. Yong Elaine Y. L. Cheong Craig S. Boutlis Darren B. Chen Eunice Y.-T. Liu Genevieve L. McKew |
| Affiliation: | aDepartment of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Concord Repatriation General Hospital, Concord, New South Wales, Australia;bInfectious Diseases Department, Wollongong Hospital, Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia;cSydney Knee Specialists, Kogarah, New South Wales, Australia;dSchool of Medicine, University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia;eSchool of Medicine, University of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia |
| Abstract: | Nocardia infection following anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) allograft reconstruction is a rare occurrence. We report a case of Nocardia infection of an allograft ACL reconstruction and septic arthritis of the knee joint due to an organism most similar to the novel Nocardia species Nocardia aobensis. |
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