Primary costochondritis due to Escherichia coli.
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.
Alvarez
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F
Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Virgen de la Concha, Zamora, Spain.
Chocarro
A
A
Garcia
I
I
De Castro
M
M
Gonzalez
A
A
D000368:Aged; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D013991:Tietze's Syndrome / Q000209:etiology*