Nair Ayyappan Vijayachandran, Menon Vidya, Kumaran Chandrababu K, Khan Prince Shanavas, Kochukunju Bhaskaran V, Kurian Nishant
Department of Orthopaedics, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi, Kerala, India.
Apollo Hospital, Bangalore, India.
JBJS Case Connect. 2017 Jul-Sep;7(3):e45. doi: 10.2106/JBJS.CC.16.00183.
We report a case of melioidotic septic arthritis of the ankle and secondary osteomyelitis of the talus in a 64-year-old farmer with diabetes mellitus. Arthroscopic drainage and debridement, followed by 6 months of appropriate antibiotic therapy, resulted in a good short-term outcome.
Melioidotic septic arthritis of the ankle is extremely rare. This case report highlights the possibility of this disease occurring on the Indian subcontinent.
我们报告一例64岁患糖尿病的农民发生踝关节类鼻疽性化脓性关节炎及距骨继发性骨髓炎的病例。关节镜下引流和清创，随后进行6个月的适当抗生素治疗，取得了良好的短期效果。
踝关节类鼻疽性化脓性关节炎极为罕见。本病例报告强调了该疾病在印度次大陆发生的可能性。
