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[Knee arthritis caused by Eikenella corrodens. Apropos of a case]
P Beauvais1, H Vu Thien, J P Damsin
1Service de Pédiatrie, Hôpital Trousseau, Paris.
Annales De Pediatrie
|March 1, 1990
Abstract:
We report a case of septic arthritis of the knee following an articular wound caused by a bite in a previously healthy 8-year-old girl. The causative agent was Eikenella corrodens, an opportunistic bacteria that is normally part of the commensal flora of the oral cavity. We point out that Eikenella corrodens may cause severe complications in healthy subjects and emphasize the need for considering this organism not only in infections of the hands, face and neck, but also after bites. Penicillins are consistently effective and constitute the treatment of choice.