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Frank E. Flatauer, MD; Muhammad A. Khan, MD

Arch Intern Med. 1978;138(5):788.

Abstract
A case of septic arthritis was caused by Enterobacter agglomerans, an association that to our knowledge has not been described previously. The right knee joint of a previously healthy 11-year-old boy became infected when the organism was introduced through the overlying skin by a contaminated wooden splinter. Conservative management with antibiotic therapy and repeated arthrocenteses was successful. Enterobacter agglomerans is a known plant pathogen, and a relationship between human infections caused by this organism and contact with plants is well recognized. The patient described here demonstrates that, when given a suitable set of environmental circumstances, E agglomerans can cause infection in man, including septic arthritis.

(Arch Intern Med 138:788, 1978)

Author Affiliations
From the Department of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine at Cleveland Metropolitan General Hospital, Cleveland.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication April 12, 1977.

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