Septic sacroiliitis: an uncommon septic arthritis.

CER225
2009 Vol.27, N°6
PI 1004, PF 1008
Case Reports

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PMID: 20149323 [PubMed]

Received: 18/02/2009
Accepted : 19/06/2009
In Press: 02/04/2010
Published: 02/03/2010

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Septic sacroiliitis is an uncommon joint infection and the diagnosis is often delayed. We present the first case of a septic arthritis of the shoulder and of the sacroiliac joint in a woman affected by systemic sclerosis, and we reviewed the medical literature since 1997 to 2008 on septic sacroiliitis with a specific microbiological diagnosis other than Mycobacteria and Brucella species.Evidence shows that antibiotic therapy should be continued until full clinical and radiological resolution is achieved.