[Osteomyelitis after septic trochanteric bursitis - clinical case].
We report the clinical case of a 76 years-old woman with a subacute trochanteric inflammatory pain with low-grade fever and laboratory markers of acute inflammation, associated with the ultrasonographic evidence of bursitis and radiologic evidence of femoral erosions, that resolved after intravenous antibiotherapy. Although rare, the infectious etiology should be considered in patients with clinical manifestations of bursitis and signs of systemic involvement.
Instituto Português de Reumatologia, Portugal. claudia.m.miguel@gmail.com
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Miguel
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Gonçalves
Maria L
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Matos
Paulo Clemente
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Coelho
D000368:Aged; D002062:Bursitis / Q000382:microbiology*; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D006621:Hip Joint; D006801:Humans; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000382:microbiology*