Spontaneous septic arthritis in a patient without trauma, coinfection, or immunosuppression.
Septic arthritis is a rare infection, most often affecting the knee and hip [1]. Infections are often secondary to joint repair or replacement surgery, systemic infection, or intravenous recreational drug use [1,2].Diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, hepatic dysfunction, and immunosuppression are common risk factors [1,2]. Although septic arthritis can occur spontaneously, such occurrences are rare. We report a case of a previously healthy 54-year-old woman with no known risk factors presenting to a freestanding emergency department with 5 days of shoulder pain.
Emergency Department Research, Akron General Medical Center, Akron, OH 44307, USA.
Peter L
PL
Griffin
Gregory D
GD
Griffin
Erin L
EL
Simon
D001170:Arthritis, Infectious / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D012785:Shoulder Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D020069:Shoulder Pain / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology