Brucella arthritis of the hip joint; a review of the literature and report of a case treated with terramycin.

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Case Reports1 October 1952BRUCELLA ARTHRITIS OF THE HIP JOINT: A REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE AND REPORT OF A CASE TREATED WITH TERRAMYCIND. E. BERGSAGEL, M.D., R. E. BEAMISH, M.D., F.A.C.P., J. C. WILT, M.D.D. E. BERGSAGEL, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, R. E. BEAMISH, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this author, J. C. WILT, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-37-4-767 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptBrucellosis in man has become a serious problem in the agricultural areas of the United States and Canada. Accordingly, much has been written about the epidemiology, pathology, general manifestations, diagnosis and control. Less attention has been paid to the localized effects. Although fleeting arthralgia is a common feature of acute brucellosis, destructive bone and joint lesions are less familiar, partly because of their rarity and partly because of the difficulty in establishing the diagnosis.Several types of bone and joint lesions have been described in undulant fever. The commonest form of joint involvement is a generalized polyarthritis. In a study...Bibliography1. HardyJordanBortsHardy AVCFIHGC: Undulant fever with special reference to a study of brucella infection in Iowa, Pub. Health Rep. 45: 2433, 1930. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. Baker BM: Undulant fever presenting the clinical syndrome of intermittent hydrarthrosis, Arch. Int. Med. 44: 128, 1929. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. Sharpe JC: Intermittent hydrarthrosis associated with undulant fever, Ann. Int. Med. 9: 1431, 1936. LinkGoogle Scholar4. Hardy AV: Arthritis in Brucella melitensis infections, M. Clin. North America 21: 1747, 1937. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. 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SpinkBraudeCastanedaGoytia WWAIMRRS: Aureomycin therapy in human brucellosis due to Brucella melitensis , J. A. M. A. 138: 1145, 1948. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar20. : Personal communication. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Winnipeg, Manitoba*Received for publication August 29, 1951.From the Departments of Medicine and Pathology of the University of Manitoba and the Winnipeg General Hospital, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byA systematic review and meta-analysis of the prevalence of osteoarticular brucellosisOsteoarticular BrucellosisBone and joint brucellosisArticular involvement in human Brucellosis: A retrospective analysis of 304 casesBrucellosis in EgyptRHEUMATISM AND ARTHRITIS REVIEW OF AMERICAN AND ENGLISH LITERATURE OF RECENT YEARS (ELEVENTH RHEUMATISM REVIEW)* Part IIWILLIAM D. ROBINSON, M.D., F.A.C.P., JOSEPH J. BUNIM, M.D., F.A.C.P., WILLIAM S. CLARK, M.D., DARRELL C. CRAIN, M.D., F.A.C.P., EPHRAIM P. ENGLEMAN, M.D., F.A.C.P., DONALD C. GRAHAM, M.D., F.R.C.P. (C), MAX M. MONTGOMERY, M.D., F.A.C.P., BERNARD M. NORCROSS, M.D., F.A.C.P., CHARLES RAGAN, M.D., F.A.C.P., MARIAN W. ROPES, M.D., F.A.C.P., EDWARD F. ROSENBERG, M.D., F.A.C.P., CHARLEY J. SMYTH, M.D., F.A.C.P. 1 October 1952Volume 37, Issue 4Page: 767-776KeywordsArthritisBloodBoneBrucellaBrucellosisEpidemiologyFeversHipHospital medicineLesions ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 October 1952 PDF downloadLoading ...