SEPTIC BONE, JOINT AND MUSCLE LESIONS ASSOCIATED WITH HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION
- 1 June 1992
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Rheumatology
- Vol. 31 (6) , 381-388
- https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/31.6.381
Abstract
Ten episodes of musculoskeletal sepsis have been seen in nine patients with HIV infection. Seven patients had AIDS, circulating CD4-positive lymphocyte counts being less than 0.1 × 109/l in six. Septic arthritis recurred in seven patients, osteomyelitis in three and pyomyositis and bursitis each occurred in one patient. Staphylococcus aureus was isolated from four patients, atypical micro-organisms being found in three. Presentation of musculoskeletal infection in this patient group may be atypical but rapid diagnosis is important as early antimicrobial therapy is often successful.Keywords
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