Proteus Mirabilis Septic Oligoarthritis Following Pulse Therapy

Abstract

This was a case of a patient with rheumatoid arthritis and irregular treatment, developing oligoarthritis septic by P. mirabilis. This pathogen is an anaerobic gram-negative bacterium, with few reports in the literature as the cause of infectious arthritis. We conclude that pulse therapy contributed to this type of articular involvement and to the atypical germ isolated.