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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-2-24
pubmed:abstractText
Septic arthritis due to Mycobacterium kansasii is rare; only 40 cases have been published. A French national inquiry revealed the occurrence of 10 new cases between 1992 and 1997 (8 men and 2 women: mean age, 37 years; range, 25-54 years). Seven had an underlying condition: AIDS (n=4), chronic skin psoriasis and AIDS (n=2), or a renal transplant (n=1). Trauma to the joint, use of intra-articular corticosteroid(s) 1 month to 2 years after the event, and chronic skin psoriasis were risk factors. The mean interval between appearance of the first symptoms of arthritis and the diagnosis was 5 months. Monarthritis was localized to the knee (n=4), wrist (n=3), finger (n=1), elbow (n=1), or ankle (n=1). The main diagnostic procedure was culture of a synovial biopsy specimen. In all cases, debridement was associated with antimycobacterial treatment. Three patients died of AIDS during treatment, and another is still undergoing treatment; the other 6 patients were cured. M. kansasii infection should be considered in all cases of indolent arthritis with any of the following risk factors: local trauma, local or systemic corticosteroid therapy, chronic skin psoriasis, and immunodepression, especially that due to human immunodeficiency virus infection.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
1058-4838
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
29
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1455-60
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:10585795-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:10585795-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:10585795-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:10585795-Aged, 80 and over, pubmed-meshheading:10585795-Anti-Bacterial Agents, pubmed-meshheading:10585795-Arthritis, Infectious, pubmed-meshheading:10585795-Female, pubmed-meshheading:10585795-France, pubmed-meshheading:10585795-HIV Infections, pubmed-meshheading:10585795-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:10585795-Joints, pubmed-meshheading:10585795-Kidney Transplantation, pubmed-meshheading:10585795-Male, pubmed-meshheading:10585795-Microbial Sensitivity Tests, pubmed-meshheading:10585795-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:10585795-Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous, pubmed-meshheading:10585795-Mycobacterium kansasii, pubmed-meshheading:10585795-Psoriasis, pubmed-meshheading:10585795-Retrospective Studies, pubmed-meshheading:10585795-Risk Factors, pubmed-meshheading:10585795-Synovial Fluid, pubmed-meshheading:10585795-Treatment Outcome
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
Mycobacterium kansasii septic arthritis: French retrospective study of 5 years and review.
pubmed:affiliation
Service des Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, Hôpital Universitaire Raymond-Poincaré, 92380 Garches Cedex, France. l.bernard@rpc.ap-hop-paris.fr.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review, Case Reports