Septic Arthritis of the Knee with Toxoplasma gondii in a Patient with Rheumatoid Arthritis.
Toxoplasmosis is a parasitic infection that may affect several viscera. The locomotor system is rarely involved, and no case has been published of a septic arthritis in which Toxoplasma gondii was identified in the cultures of the joint fluid and of the synovial specimen.We describe a patient with septic arthritis of the knee in which Toxoplasma gondii was found by culture in a patient with seropositive rheumatoid arthritis treated with corticosteroids and gold salts who developed multi-visceral toxoplasmosis.
Vittecoq
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Department of Rheumatology and the Department of Lung Diseases and the Groupe de Recherche en Immuno-Pathologie (GRIMP), CHU de Rouen, France.
Mejjad
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Voisin
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Silva
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Dominique
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Jouen-Beades
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Tron
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Loët
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