Jansen T L, van Heereveld H A, Laan R F, Barrera P, van de Putte L B
Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
J Intern Med. 1998 Jul;244(1):87-90. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2796.1998.00311.x.
We describe a 22-year-old female with systemic lupus erythematosus and lymphopenia, who developed septic arthritis of the right knee with Listeria monocytogenes type 1/2 A, whilst on low-dose methotrexate (MTX). So far, septic arthritis due to this microorganism has been reported in two other patients treated with low-dose MTX, one having rheumatoid arthritis and the other psoriatic arthritis. No reports exist on patients treated with other cytotoxic antirheumatic therapies.
