| Title | MYCOBACTERIUM KANSASII CAUSING SEPTIC ARTHRITIS AND OSTEOMYELITIS IN A CHILD. | | Author(s) | Williams B, Neth O, Shingadia D, Dixon G, Jupp RS, Rosendahl K, Eastwood D, Klein N, Brogan P | | Institution | From the *Department of Rheumatology, Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, United Kingdom; daggerDepartment of Paediatric Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocio, Sevilla, Spain; Departments of double daggerInfectious Diseases and section signMicrobiology, Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, United Kingdom; paragraph signDepartment of Paediatrics, Salisbury Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Salisbury, United Kingdom; and Departments of parallelRadiology and **Orthopaedic Surgery, Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, United Kingdom. | | Source | Pediatr Infect Dis J 2009 Oct 30. | | Abstract | We present the case of a boy with a 3-year history of relapsing/remitting monoarthritis of the ankle joint. Despite negative cultures at first presentation, synovial fluid examination revealed Mycobacteriumkansasii. This is the youngest reported case of M. kansasii septic arthritis in a child. | | Language | ENG | | Pub Type(s) | JOURNAL ARTICLE
| | PubMed ID | 19884872 |
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