A Canker Barking at the Wrong Knee: Thyronectria austroamericana Septic Arthritis

Sasinuch Rutjanawech; Carlos Mejia-Chew; Chapelle Ayres; Andrej Spec

doi:10.1093/ofid/ofab381

A Canker Barking at the Wrong Knee: Thyronectria austroamericana Septic Arthritis

Open Forum Infect Dis. 2021 Jul 15;8(8):ofab381. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofab381. eCollection 2021 Aug.

Authors

Sasinuch Rutjanawech¹, Carlos Mejia-Chew¹, Chapelle Ayres¹, Andrej Spec¹

Affiliation

¹ Division of Infectious Diseases, Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis, St Louis, Missouri, USA.

Abstract

The mold Thyronectria austroamericana is a plant pathogen that causes canker in honey locust trees. We describe the first case of this mold causing septic arthritis in humans.

Keywords: Thyronectria austroamericana; fungal septic arthritis.

Publication types

Case Reports