Klebsiella pneumoniae septic arthritis of a lumbar facet joint.
Only 3 cases of isolated septic arthritis of a lumbar facet joint have been reported, all due to Staphylococcus aureus. We describe a case of Klebsiella pneumoniae septic arthritis of a lumbar facet joint in an HLA-B27 positive patient.
Chevalier
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Department of Rheumatology, Hôpital Henri-Mondor, Créteil, France.
Marty
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Larget-Piet
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D000368:Aged; D001170:Arthritis, Infectious / Q000150:complications* / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology; D015796:HLA-B27 Antigen / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D007710:Klebsiella Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D007711:Klebsiella pneumoniae / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male
D015796:HLA-B27 Antigen