title: Septic polyarthritis in chronic tophaceous gout.
abstract: This paper reports the case of a 48 year old patient with chronic tophaceous gout who was admitted to the hospital with a pneumococcal polyarthritis affecting the same joints previously involved by gout attacks. The authors emphasize that the possibility of a septic arthritis should always be considered in the gouty patient, and not only in the elderly, as stressed in the literature, but also in younger patients.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Clinica medica, Spedali Civili, Brescia.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Salvi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rossi
authors.forename: G P
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Balestrieri
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: di Stefano
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Baratto
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Giustina
mesh_terms: D000667:Ampicillin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001170:Arthritis, Infectious / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D002439:Cefotaxime / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002939:Ciprofloxacin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006073:Gout / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011008:Pneumococcal Infections / Q000188:drug therapy
chemical_list: D002939:Ciprofloxacin; D000667:Ampicillin; D002439:Cefotaxime