Concurrent gout and Mycobacterium tuberculosis arthritis.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
Concurrent joint infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (TB) and demonstration of intraarticular monosodium urate (MSU) crystals has not previously been reported. We describe a patient with chronic tophaceous gout from whose joints both TB and MSU crystals were isolated. We propose a mechanism to explain this condition.
Medical subject headings
- Arthritis, Gouty
- Arthritis, Infectious
- Knee Joint
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Tuberculosis