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Clostridium perfringens and Staphylococcus epidermidis polymicrobial septic arthritis. A case report
C M McAllister1, D Zillmer, N J Cobelli
1Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Montefiore Hospital, Bronx, New York 10467.
Abstract:
Septic arthritis caused by Clostridium perfringens is extremely rare. Previously there has been only one report of Clostridium perfringens in combination with an aerobe causing septic arthritis. This report presents a 23-year-old man with a mixed aerobic/anaerobic septic arthritis treated with intravenous antibiotics and repeated surgical drainage. It is the only report to date of a polymicrobial septic arthritis involving both Staphylococcus epidermidis and Clostridium perfringens. This report and a review of the literature demonstrate the existence of polymicrobial septic arthritis and illustrate its fulminant nature.