Salmonella typhimurium arthritis in rheumatoid disease.
Septic arthritis is a well recognized complication of rheumatoid arthritis (British Medical Journal, 1976; Mitchell et al., 1976), particularly after joint replacement (Freeman, 1976). We report here infection with an unusual organism--Salmonella typhimurium.
D000368:Aged; D001170:Arthritis, Infectious / Q000209:etiology*; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012480:Salmonella Infections; D012486:Salmonella typhimurium