BRUCELLA MONOARTHRITIS IN A PATIENT WITH HEPATOCELLULAR-CARCINOMA

A 43-year-old man hospitalized for hepatocellular carcinoma complicati ng alcoholic cirrhosis developed septic arthritis of the right knee du e to Brucella. There was no history of exposure to potentially infecte d animals or of a high-risk occupation. The patient occasionally ate f arm-produced goat cheese. He had immune depression as a result of his cancer. Monoarthritis due to Brucella is infrequent. Diagnosis rests o n serological and bacteriological tests. Prolonged administration of a ntimicrobials with activity on intracellular organisms is required.