MRSA joint infection in a psoriatic patient with a coexisting respiratory  infection.
In September 2011, a 52-year old patient suffering from psoriatic arthritis and being treated for an upper respiratory tract infection, presented to the emergency department of Argos General Hospital with fever and a painful, swollen right knee. He underwent clinical, laboratory and imaging examinations. Initially blood and synovial fluid cultures were negative. After an arthroscopic collection of pus, the culture showed a methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus which was sensitive only to daptomycin.
1Department of Orthopaedics, Asclepieion Voulas General Hospital, Athens, 2Department of Dermatology, Alexandroupolis School of Medicine, University of Thrace, 3Department of Ortho- paedics, Argos General Hospital; Greece.
Dimitrios
D
Begkas
Constantinos
C
Kouskoukis
Dimitrios
D
Katsenis
Nicholaos
N
Schoinochoritis
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001170:Arthritis, Infectious / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D015535:Arthritis, Psoriatic / Q000150:complications*; D017576:Daptomycin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D006801:Humans; D007717:Knee; D008297:Male; D055624:Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D008875:Middle Aged; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000150:complications*; D012307:Risk Factors; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D017576:Daptomycin