Purushothaman Rajesh, Inassi Jojo, Marthya Anwar
Department of Orthopaedics, Medical College, Calicut, 673009, India.
Department of Orthopaedics, KMCT Medical College, Manassery, 673602, India.
J Orthop. 2015 Jun 24;12(Suppl 1):S117-20. doi: 10.1016/j.jor.2015.01.029. eCollection 2015 Oct.
Septic arthritis of facet joint (SAFJ) is extremely rare. Only about sixty cases have been reported so far. A single case of SAFJ in a series of 491 cases of spinal infections was first reported by David-Chaussé in 1981. A case report of SAFJ was published by Halpin in 1987. With the growing availability and use of MRI, more and more cases are being reported. The most common organism that causes SAFJ is Staphylococcus aureus. We are reporting a case of SAFJ caused by community acquired, methicillin resistant S aureus (MRSA) successfully treated by Linezolid.
小关节化脓性关节炎（SAFJ）极为罕见。迄今为止，仅报道了约60例。1981年，David-Chaussé首次报告了在491例脊柱感染病例中有1例SAFJ。1987年，Halpin发表了1例SAFJ的病例报告。随着MRI的可及性和使用的增加，越来越多的病例被报道。引起SAFJ最常见的病原体是金黄色葡萄球菌。我们报告1例由社区获得性耐甲氧西林金黄色葡萄球菌（MRSA）引起的SAFJ，经利奈唑胺成功治疗。
