Author/Authors :
Salman, Salman A. King Abdulaziz Medical City - Fahad National Guard Hospital - Department of Medicine, Saudi Arabia , Baharoon, Salim A. King Abdulaziz Medical City - King Fahad National Guard Hospital - Division of Infectious Diseases, Saudi Arabia
Abstract :
Prevotella bivia is an obligatory anaerobic, gramnegative rod, which often produces a detectable betalactamase.To date, there has been only 3 descriptions of septic arthritis secondary to this microorganism in a patients pre-existing sever joint disease like rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis or after joint prosthesis. We are reporting the first case of septic arthritis due to Prevotella bivia in a patient with no pre-existing joint symptoms.
