A 55-Year-Old Male With Systemic Gout Complicated by Septic Shock.

chronic ulcer gout flare gram positive bacteremia mssa bacteremia severe sepsis tophaceous gout

Journal

Cureus
ISSN: 2168-8184
Titre abrégé: Cureus
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101596737

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
Jun 2023
Historique:
accepted: 17 03 2023
medline: 24 7 2023
pubmed: 24 7 2023
entrez: 24 7 2023
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Tophaceous gout is the systemic deposition of uric acid which can induce cutaneous ulceration. We present the case of a 55-year-old male with chronic tophaceous gout whose initial presentation was complicated by septic shock due to methicillin-sensitive

Identifiants

pubmed: 37485089
doi: 10.7759/cureus.40764
pmc: PMC10361841
doi:

Types de publication

Case Reports

Langues

eng

Pagination

e40764

Informations de copyright

Copyright © 2023, Garza et al.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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Auteurs

Jay E Garza (JE)

Dermatology, McGovern Medical School, Houston, USA.

Quoc-Bao Nguyen (QB)

Dermatology, McGovern Medical School, Houston, USA.

Daniel V Wang (DV)

Hospital Medicine, Memorial Hermann Texas Medical Center, Houston, USA.

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