title: Diagnosis of ureaplasma urealyticum septic polyarthritis by PCR assay and electrospray ionization mass spectrometry in a patient with acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
abstract: We report a case of polyarthritis with axial involvement in a young female patient treated for acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Detection in the hip fluid of Ureaplasma urealyticum by broad-range PCR followed by electrospray ionization mass spectrometry allowed the diagnosis of septic arthritis and ad integrum recovery upon adapted antibiotic therapy.
authors: Adolescents and Young Adults Hematology Unit, Saint-Louis University Hospital, EA-3518, University Paris 7, Paris, France marie_balsat@yahoo.fr nicolas.boissel@sls.aphp.fr.
authors: Marie
authors: M
authors: Balsat
authors: Clinical Immunology Unit, Saint-Louis University Hospital, Paris, France.
authors: Lionel
authors: L
authors: Galicier
authors: Department of Microbiology, Saint-Louis University Hospital, Paris, France.
authors: Alain
authors: A
authors: Wargnier
authors: Mycoplasmal and Chlamydial Infections in Humans, USC-EA 3671, INRA-University of Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France.
authors: Sabine
authors: S
authors: Pereyre
authors: Adolescents and Young Adults Hematology Unit, Saint-Louis University Hospital, EA-3518, University Paris 7, Paris, France.
authors: Raphaël
authors: R
authors: Itzykson
authors: Department of Microbiology, Saint-Louis University Hospital, Paris, France.
authors: Myriem
authors: M
authors: Zouakh
authors: Mycoplasmal and Chlamydial Infections in Humans, USC-EA 3671, INRA-University of Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France.
authors: Cécile
authors: C
authors: Bébéar
authors: Adolescents and Young Adults Hematology Unit, Saint-Louis University Hospital, EA-3518, University Paris 7, Paris, France marie_balsat@yahoo.fr nicolas.boissel@sls.aphp.fr.
authors: Nicolas
authors: N
authors: Boissel
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001168:Arthritis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D001170:Arthritis, Infectious / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D054198:Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / Q000150:complications*; D021241:Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D016869:Ureaplasma Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D016990:Ureaplasma urealyticum / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents