Abstract
Background: septic arthritis caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa is uncommon in the immunocompetent older population, despite its occurrence in younger patients with open injuries and in intravenous drug abusers. Case Report: here we report a case of septic arthritis caused by P. aeruginosa complicated by death in an older patient with recently treated Pseudomonas urinary tract infection. Discussion: the diagnosis of Pseudomonas septic arthritis is made on culturing the organism from synovial fluid aspirate. Concurrent septic arthritis and crystal arthropathy is associated with a high mortality.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 245-246 |
Number of pages | 2 |
Journal | Age and Ageing |
Volume | 38 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Mar 2009 |
Keywords
- Arthropathy
- Elderly
- Pseudomonas aeruginosa
- Septic arthritis