title: [Osteoarthritis caused by Brucella melitensis: isolation of the microorganism from the synovial fluid].
abstract: Brucellosis is an unusual disease in childhood but the organ manifestations are even more unusual. The Authors describe an osteoarthritis caused by Brucella melitensis, localized at the tarsal scaphoid in a three years old Calabrian child.
authors.affiliation: U.O. di Pediatria, USL 9, Ospedale di Prato, Italia.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Gori
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Mannini
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pazzaglia
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Bertini
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fioriti
authors.forename: B M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Casadei
mesh_terms: D017347:Brucella melitensis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002006:Brucellosis / Q000382:microbiology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010003:Osteoarthritis / Q000382:microbiology*; D013582:Synovial Fluid / Q000382:microbiology*
vernacular_title: Osteoartrite da Brucella melitensis: isolamento del germe nel liquido sinoviale.