Septic polyarthritis in chronic tophaceous gout.
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.
Salvi
A
A
Istituto di Clinica medica, Spedali Civili, Brescia.
Rossi
M
M
Balestrieri
G P
GP
di Stefano
O
O
Baratto
G
G
Giustina
G
G
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
D002939:Ciprofloxacin; D000667:Ampicillin; D002439:Cefotaxime