{"pk":1027,"title":"Accidental Arthrotomy Causing Aseptic Monoarthritis Due to Agave Sap: A Case Report","subtitle":null,"abstract":"Introduction:\n Aseptic inflammatory arthritis has been reported from thorns or cactus needles after inadvertent arthrotomy. Agave sap irritants may cause an aseptic inflammatory arthritis mimicking a septic joint. \nCase Report:\n A 27-year-old male presented with left knee pain and swelling two hours after suffering an accidental stab wound to his left lateral knee by an agave plant spine. Synovial fluid white blood cell count was 92,730 mm3 with 75% neutrophils and no crystals. Surgical washout was remarkable for turbid fluid and no foreign body. Synovial fluid and blood cultures remained without growth. At two-week follow-up, the patient had recovered.\nConclusion:\n Penetrating injuries from agave thorns can cause an inflammatory arthritis that mimics septic arthritis.","language":"en","license":{"name":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0","short_name":"CC BY 4.0","text":"Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.\r\n\r\nNo additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0"},"keywords":[{"word":"Agave"},{"word":"septic arthritis"},{"word":"inflammatory arthritis"},{"word":"plant"}],"section":"Case Reports","is_remote":true,"remote_url":"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/8sn6k32r","frozenauthors":[{"first_name":"Sam","middle_name":"T.","last_name":"Ontiveros","name_suffix":"","institution":"University of California, San Diego, Department of Emergency Medicine, San Diego, California","department":"None"},{"first_name":"Alicia","middle_name":"B.","last_name":"Minns","name_suffix":"","institution":"University of California, San Diego, Department of Emergency Medicine, San Diego, California","department":"None"}],"date_submitted":"2021-05-06T19:37:01-07:00","date_accepted":"2021-05-06T19:37:01-07:00","date_published":"2021-05-06T19:37:41-07:00","render_galley":null,"galleys":[{"label":"","type":"","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/uciem_cpcem/article/1027/galley/774/download/"}]}