BILATERAL STERNOCLAVICULAR JOINT SEPTIC ARTHRITIS PRESENTING AS CUTANEOUS ABSCESSES

Authors
ASNIS DS DHALIWAL GS
Citation
Ds. Asnis et Gs. Dhaliwal, BILATERAL STERNOCLAVICULAR JOINT SEPTIC ARTHRITIS PRESENTING AS CUTANEOUS ABSCESSES, Clinical infectious diseases, 19(5), 1994, pp. 964-966
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology,Immunology,"Infectious Diseases
Journal title
Clinical infectious diseases → ACNP
ISSN journal
10584838
Volume
19
Issue
5
Year of publication
1994
Pages
964 - 966
Database
ISI
SICI code
1058-4838(1994)19:5<964:BSJSAP>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
The sternoclavicular joint can be involved in ankylosing spondylitis a s well as in rheumatoid and degenerative arthritis. Septic arthritis o f this joint is infrequently seen, and the diagnosis of this infection can be missed until it presents with a complication. We describe a pa tient with bacteremia whose presentation of bilateral sternoclavicular joint septic arthritis was multiple cutaneous abscesses on her chest wall.