Dual Ureaplasma parvum arthritis: a case report of U. parvum septic arthritis following contralateral reactive arthritis in an immunosuppressed patient.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Ureaplasma parvum is usually part of the normal genital flora. Rarely can it cause invasive infections such as genitourinary infections, septic arthritis, or meningitis.

Case presentation

Here we present the first description of chronic ureterocystitis in a 56-year-old immunocompromised patient, complicated first by reactive arthritis and secondarily by contralateral septic arthritis due to U. parvum infection. U. parvum was detected in synovial fluid and in a urine sample. Treatment consisted of double-J stenting and targeted antibiotic therapy. Evolution showed resolution of urinary symptoms and clinical improvement of arthritis despite functional sequelae.

Conclusions

Given the high prevalence of U. parvum colonisation, this diagnosis should remain a dia

SUBMITTER: Lemoine L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8556906 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature