SALMONELLA INFECTION OF THE KNEE-JOINT IN HIGH DOSAGE CORTICOSTEROID-THERAPY DUE TO MULTICENTRIC RETICULOHISTIOCYTOSIS

The authors present the case of a female 67-year-old patient suffering from multicentric reticulohistiocytosis concomitant with an adenocarc inoma in the area of the lower part of the pelvis. Under immunosuppres sive corticosteroid therapy the patient had contracted salmonella arth ritis of the right knee joint. This infection was completely cured aft er local treatment and systemic administration of appropriate antibiot ics. Multicentric retriculohistiocytosis is associated with a malignom a in 30 per cent of cases. Salmonella arthritis can occur as a severe complication of immunosuppressive therapy.