Chronic Brucella infection of the supra-patellar bursa with sinus formation.
A case of supra-patellar bursitis with the formation of discharging sinus is described. B abortus was isolated from resected bursal tissue. While osteoarticular complications of brucellosis are common and a number of different clinical syndromes are now recognised, disease of the bursae is rare and as far as is known sinus formation has not been described before in this setting.
Department of Histopathology, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland.
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McDermott
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O'Connell
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Mulvihill
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Sweeney
D000328:Adult; D002006:Brucellosis / Q000150:complications*; D002062:Bursitis / Q000382:microbiology*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D017577:Cutaneous Fistula / Q000382:microbiology*; D005402:Fistula / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D007592:Joint Diseases / Q000382:microbiology; D007719:Knee Joint / Q000382:microbiology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male