Concurrent gout and Mycobacterium tuberculosis arthritis.
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.
Lorenzo
J P
JP
Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, USA.
Csuka
M E
ME
Derfus
B A
BA
Gotoff
R A
RA
McCarthy
G M
GM
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
D014527:Uric Acid