Concurrent gout and Mycobacterium tuberculosis arthritis.

Category Primary study
JournalThe Journal of rheumatology
Year 1997
Concurrent joint infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (TB) and demonstration of intraarticular monosodium urate (MSU) crystals has not previously been reported. We describe a patient with chronic tophaceous gout from whose joints both TB and MSU crystals were isolated. We propose a mechanism to explain this condition.
Epistemonikos ID: 132393f84df09ff201c4f20cfd9a515963a15efc
First added on: Nov 14, 2024