American Review of Respiratory Disease · 1977 · 31 citations · 0 references
MedicineInfectious DiseasesInternal MedicineImmunopathologyMedical MicrobiologySepsisBacterial InfectionsBacterial PathologyHealthcare-associated InfectionsJoint InfectionsPulmonary InfectionsSeptic ArthritisAcute Septic ArthritisBacterial Septic ArthritisChest Radiographic Pattern RecognitionEnteric FeverSeptic Arthritis Complications
A 58-year-old black man presented with left wrist pain, septicemia, and a chest roentgenographic pattern compatible with septic embolization. Yersinia enterocolitica was grown from joint fluid, blood, and sputum. This unusual constellation of clinical manifestations due to an organism rarely reported as the cause of human disease warrants reporting the case.