Eranki Vivek, Wallis Andrew, Smith Simon
Royal Perth Hospital, 197 Wellington street, Perth, WA 6000, Australia.
Case Rep Orthop. 2013;2013:914329. doi: 10.1155/2013/914329. Epub 2013 May 16.
We describe a case of a 19-year-old male who presented to the South West Health Service with a septic knee, secondary to haematogenous spread from an iliacus abscess. Thus far, there have been no reported cases of haematogenous spread of infection from an iliacus abscess to an ACL reconstructed knee, let alone in a healthy young person with no risk factors. The patient has had several washouts of the knee along with the drainage of the abscess. The ACL graft was saved with the patient making a complete recovery.