PEDIATRICS Vol. 57 No. 4 April 1976, pp. 573-574
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Septic Arthritis in an Infant Due to Clostridium ghoni and Hemophilus parainfluenzae

James W. Renne 1, Herbert B. Tanowitz 1, and Jeffrey D. Chulay 1

1 Departments of Orthopedic Surgery and Internal Medicine, Naval Hospital, Quantico, Virginia

Clostridium ghoni and Hemophilus parainfluenzae are uncommon causes of human infection. Both of these agents were isolated from joint fluid in a child with septic arthritis.

CASE REPORT

An 8-month-old white girl was admitted with a three-day history of irritability, fever, and inability to lie on her right side. Ten days prior to admission bilateral otitis media was treated with 600,000 units of benzathine penicillin intramuscularly and sulfisoxazole suspension (1 gm daily until admission). Fever and irritability from otitis abated by the fifth day of therapy.

On admission the infant appeared acutely ill and had a temperature of 39.7 C.