Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcal aureus patellar tendon abscess and septic prepatellar bursitis in an injection drug user

We report a case of intratendinous patellar abscess and prepatellar septic bursitis following direct inoculation in a 26-year-old male injection drug user. The patient presented with 2 days of progressive knee pain, swelling, and erythema. Computed tomography demonstrated an enlarged patellar tendon...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Michael Glass, MD, Brian Everist, MD, Douglas Nelson, MD, Jayden Spencer, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-02-01
Series:Radiology Case Reports
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1930043318304679