title: Concurrent gout and Mycobacterium tuberculosis arthritis.
abstract: Concurrent joint infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (TB) and demonstration of intraarticular monosodium urate (MSU) crystals has not previously been reported. We describe a patient with chronic tophaceous gout from whose joints both TB and MSU crystals were isolated. We propose a mechanism to explain this condition.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, USA.
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Lorenzo
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Csuka
authors.forename: B A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Derfus
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Gotoff
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: McCarthy
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015210:Arthritis, Gouty / Q000150:complications*; D001170:Arthritis, Infectious / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007719:Knee Joint / Q000737:chemistry / Q000382:microbiology*; D008297:Male; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014376:Tuberculosis; D014527:Uric Acid / Q000302:isolation & purification
chemical_list: D014527:Uric Acid