Brucella Septic Hip Arthritis: A Case Report

Severe combined immunodeficiency presented with septic arthritis: A case report

Severe combined immunodeficiency is a rare, fatal syndrome of diverse genetic cause in which there is combined absence of T-lymphocyte and B-lymphocyte function (and in many cases also natural killer, or NK lymphocyte function). These defects lead to extreme susceptibility to serious infections. Without intervention, the T and B-cell dysfunction usually results in severe infection and death in ...

Septic arthritis caused by Brucella melitensis in urban Shenzhen, China: a case report

INTRODUCTION Brucellosis is a systemic infectious disease which is still a challenging medical problem in rural areas such as northern China. It rarely occurs in urban areas such as Shenzhen in southern China. Osteoarticular involvements are frequently seen in brucellosis, and rarely is arthritis the only clinical presentation. We report a case of hip septic arthritis caused by Brucella meliten...

Brucella Arthritis Following Total Knee Arthroplasty in a Patient with Hemophilia: A Case Report

Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is a rewarding procedure in patients with hemophilia and end stage knee hemophilicarthropathy. However, this procedure might be associated with complications such as infection. There periprostheticjoint infection in patients with hemophilia is very well known, though we are not aware of any previous report on Brucellainfection in this group of patients. Here, we re...

septic arthritis caused by kingella kingae: a case report

Treatment of neonatal septic arthritis sequelae of hip: a case report

INTRODUCTION The most serious complication of the septic arthritis of the hip in childhood and especially in newborns is the avascular necrosis of the femoral head. The aim of the study was evaluation of residual deformity after neonatal septic arthritis of the hip in a boy aged thirteen years. CASE PRESENTATION A 13-year-old, white male, was operatively treated by intertrochanteric osteotomy...