An Atypical Cause of Atypical Chest Pain Journal Articles

abstract

• The present report describes a case involving a 57-year-old HIV-positive man who presented with acute retrosternal chest pain accompanied by 24 h of fever. Septic arthritis of the manubriosternal joint was diagnosed based on magnetic resonance imaging findings in addition toStaphylococcus aureusbacteremia. To the authors’ knowledge, the present case is only the 12th reported case of manubriosternal septic arthritis, and the first in an HIV-positive patient. Early diagnosis and treatment can circumvent the need for surgical intervention. Based on the present case report and review of the literature, the authors summarize the epidemiology, appropriate imaging and suggestions for antibiotic therapy for this rare presentation.

authors

• Zaheen, Ahmad
• Siemieniuk, Reed
• Gudgeon, Patrick

status

• published 

publication date

• 2014

has subject area

• 0605 Microbiology (FoR)
• 1108 Medical Microbiology (FoR)
• Microbiology (Science Metrix)

published in

• Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology  Journal

keywords

• Chest pain
• HIV
• Manubriosternal septic arthritis

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1155/2014/515169

start page

• 253

end page

• 254

volume

• 25

issue

• 5