title: Co-existent gout and septic arthritis at the wrist: a case report.
abstract: This article presents an exceptional clinical manifestation of gout in the wrist. The patient suffered from an association of septic and urate-crystal-induced arthritis. At the time, the serum uric acid concentration was still normal. The association of septic and urate-crystal-induced arthritis has been reported in other locations. The pathophysiology of the precipitation of urate crystals in the presence of an infectious process is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedics, Université libre de Bruxelles, Erasme University Hospital, Brussels, Belgium.
authors.forename: Frédéric A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Schuind
authors.forename: Myriam
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Remmelink
authors.forename: Jean-Lambert
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Pasteels
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001170:Arthritis, Infectious / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000601:surgery; D005839:Gentamicins / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006073:Gout / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008768:Methylmethacrylates / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008875:Middle Aged; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014955:Wrist Joint / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000601:surgery
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D005839:Gentamicins; D008768:Methylmethacrylates; C030159:gentamicin-polymethylmethacrylate bead