Breif Report

Simultaneous Pneumococcal Arthritis and Osteoarticular Tuberculosis

Authors: MICHAEL D. KLEIN MD, JOHN H. McCONVILLE MD

Abstract

PNEUMOCOCCAL PYARTHROSIS is an uncommon disease.1 Likewise, infection of joints with Mycobacterium tuberculosis remains uncommon.2,4 We report a case of acute pneumococcal pyarthrosis of the knee complicating and obscuring a chronic osteoarticular tuberculous infection.

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