DOI: 10.12890/2022_003243

Clostridioides difficile Bacteraemia and Septic Arthritis in a Sickle Cell Disease Patient

Authors

  • Moayad Alqurashi Division of Adult Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
  • Badr Madani Department of Family and Community Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Jeddah, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
  • Mohamed Mursi Division of Adult Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
  • Nazik Eltayeb Division of Adult Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

moayad.alqurashi@hotmail.com

Keywords

Clostridioides difficile, anaerobic bacteraemia, septic arthritis, pyogenic arthritis, sickle cell disease

Abstract

Extra-colonic Clostridioides difficile infection is rare. Here we describe a sickle cell disease patient with avascular necrosis who presented with persistent bacteraemia due to C. difficile and septic arthritis in a native knee joint, which responded very well to medical and surgical treatment but recurred multiple times within weeks of the cessation of antibiotics.

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Published

2022-03-17

Issue

Vol. 9 No. 3 (2022)

How to Cite

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Alqurashi M, Madani B, Mursi M, Eltayeb N. Clostridioides difficile Bacteraemia and Septic Arthritis in a Sickle Cell Disease Patient. EJCRIM [Internet]. 2022 Mar. 17 [cited 2026 Nov. 3];9(3). Available from: https://ejcrim.com/index.php/ejcrim/article/view/3243