Brucellosis as an aetiology of septic arthritis.
Brucellosis is a zoonotic disease caused by a Gram-negative coccobacillus from the Brucella genus. The disease has a broad spectrum of clinical manifestations. The musculoskeletal system involvement is frequent and, rarely, arthritis can be the only clinical feature of the disease. We report a case of monoarthritis caused by Brucella melitensis.
Medical Doctor, Ankara Ataturk Training and Research Hospital, Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Turkey.
Imran
I
Hasanoglu
Tumer
T
Guven
Yuksel
Y
Maras
Rahmet
R
Guner
Mehmet Akin
MA
Tasyaran
Ziya Cibali
ZC
Acikgoz
D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage; D001170:Arthritis, Infectious / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D017347:Brucella melitensis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002006:Brucellosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D004318:Doxycycline / Q000008:administration & dosage; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012294:Rifamycins / Q000008:administration & dosage; D013582:Synovial Fluid / Q000382:microbiology*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D015047:Zoonoses
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D012294:Rifamycins; D004318:Doxycycline
Arthritis; Brucella melitensis; brucellosis; joint