Coexistence of oligoarticular gout and Mycobacterium kansasii joint and bursal infection in a patient with an orthotopic heart transplant

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 843-845

  Baker, J F ^a   Stonecypher, M ^b  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gout; Mycobacterium kansasii; Septic arthritis; Transplant

Indexed keywords

URATE; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; CASE REPORT; GOUT; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INFECTIOUS ARTHRITIS; JOINT ASPIRATION; KNEE; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM KANSASII; NONHUMAN; ORTHOTOPIC TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE DISEASE; SYNOVIAL BURSA; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIOSIS; DRUG COMBINATION; ELBOW; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION;

ADULT; ANKLE JOINT; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, INFECTIOUS; BURSA, SYNOVIAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ELBOW JOINT; GOUT; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, ATYPICAL; MYCOBACTERIUM KANSASII; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 72949086843     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: 1593098X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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