title: Primary costochondritis due to Escherichia coli.
abstract: We present a case of primary costochondritis by Escherichia coli, in a diabetic woman. The patient suffered a urinary infection by E. coli which may have been the source of haematogenous spread. She received medical and surgical therapy and 5 months later, she was asymptomatic.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Virgen de la Concha, Zamora, Spain.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Alvarez
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chocarro
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Garcia
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: De Castro
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gonzalez
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D013991:Tietze's Syndrome / Q000209:etiology*