Articles | Volume 9, issue 5
https://doi.org/10.5194/jbji-9-225-2024
https://doi.org/10.5194/jbji-9-225-2024
Case report
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18 Oct 2024
Case report |  | 18 Oct 2024

Glenohumeral joint septic arthritis and osteomyelitis caused by Moraxella catarrhalis after arthroscopic rotator cuff repair: case report and literature review

Yong-Beom Kim, Jinjae Kim, Min Gon Song, Tae Hyong Kim, Tae-Yoon Choi, and Gi-Won Seo

Cited articles

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Brunckhorst, T., Toombes, S., and Beale, M.: Moraxella catarrhalis discitis: the first reported case, Intern. Med. J., 50, 381–382, https://doi.org/10.1111/imj.14758, 2020. 
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Short summary
A 71-year-old patient underwent shoulder surgery but developed a mild fever, swelling, a burning sensation, and redness of the right shoulder on postoperative day 5. Postoperative septic arthritis was diagnosed, and tissue culture revealed M. catarrhalis. Infection caused by M. catarrhalis is rare after orthopedic surgery, and this is the first reported case of septic arthritis of the glenohumeral joint occurring after arthroscopic surgery. 
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