Dorsal costo-vertebral joint as a rare localization of Staphylococcus aureus sepsis

Background: Septic arthritis of the costovertebral thoracic joint is a rare site infection. We report an isolated case of septic arthritis of the 10th costo-vertebral right joint with osteitis due to Staphylococcus aureus. Case presentation: A 59 year old Tunisian man presented with a 2 months histo...

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Main Authors: Ines Mahmoud, Aicha Ben Tekaya, Mariem Sahli, Maha Mahmoud, Olfa Saidane, Hana Sahli, Rawdha Tekaya, Leila Abdelmoula
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-04-01
Series:Egyptian Rheumatologist
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1110116417300558