Table 4.

Reported septic arthritis/osteomyelitis in immunocompromised patients^a

Reference(s)	Age of patient (yr)/sex	Underlying disease	Country	Area(s) of septic arthritisb	OMb	Other site(s)	Therapy	Outcome
101	58/M	Lymphoma	Australia		Foot		I, R, E	Partial response
101	55/F	Renal transplant	Australia		Ankle		I, R, E	Died
26	NA	Cardiac transplant	South Africa		Limbs	NA	NA	Died
96	32/M	AIDS	United States	Ankles, L wrist		Blood	R, I, P, E, ET	No improvement
117	34/M	AIDS	United States	R finger		Soft tissue abscess, BAL fluid	I, R, E	No improvement
54	48/M	Renal transplant	France		L middle finger, L knee	Skin	Surgery; Min, Ery for 2 mo; I, R, E, Min for 6 mo	Cure
79	36/M	AIDS	United States	R knee		Skin, blood	R, I, P, E	Improvement, stable at 19-mo follow-up
57	21/F	AIDS	United States		L ankle, tibia	Skin	R, Min	Resolution
33	44/M	AIDS	United States		Bilateral tibia and fibula	Skin, sputum	I, R, E, CI, CL, AK	Initial improvement, relapse in 6 wk
163	31/F	AIDS	United States	L knee	R 3rd finger, R calcaneus	Skin	R, I, E, AK, CI, CL, P	Resolution
76, 135, 163	37/M	AIDS	United States		L ankle	Skin	R, I, P, E for 14 mo	Resolution
118	NS	AIDS	France	Bilat knees	Finger, toes, tibia, elbow, T9-10 vertebrae	Skin, lungs	I, R, E	No improvement
133	39/M	AIDS	Australia		L foot		CL, AK, D, R	Improvement in 10 wk
132	41/M	AIDS	United States	R elbow	R olecranon	Skin	R, I, P	Resolved 9 mo later
64	49/M	AIDS	United States	Knees, ankles	R ankle and tibia	Skin, blood, lymph nodes	R, I, P, E, A, CI, CL	No improvement
65	46/M	AIDS	United States		Foot		CI, RB, CY, AZI	Improved after treatment
123	30/F	Renal transplant/AIDS	United States	Hand	Hand	Skin, pulmonary	I, R, E, Min	Resolution of lesion, died
123	33/M	AIDS	United States		Knee	Skin	E, CLR, CI, AK	Died of AIDS complications
123	77/M	T cell lymphoma	United States		Hand		Curettage	Relapse after 1 yr, died of lymphoma complications
123	66/F	RA (corticosteroids)	United States	Hip			D, R, subsequent excision + D, R	Cure
123	56/M	AIDS	United States	Ankle			NA	Died 2 mo after initial presentation
123	45/F	Renal transplant	United States	Finger		Skin	CI, RB	Cure
112	20/M	Cardiac transplant	United States		Olecranon		CLR, R	Cure
121	30/M	AIDS	Brazil		Elbow	NA	NA	NA
126	47/F	AA/BMT	United States		NS		CI, CLR, D, R (>6 mo)	Improved
39	46/F	Cardiac transplant	United States	Wrist, knees, ankles		Skin, pneumonia	Imi, CI, CLR, D, 2 mo	Resolution
56	53/F	AIDS	Germany		Tibia		E, R, CLR	Cure
37	56/F	Polycythemia vera	Canada		R wrist, R ankle	Skin	CI, RB, CLR	Cure

^aI, isoniazid; Imi, imipenem; R, rifampin; RB, rifabutin; E, ethambutol; ET, ethionamide; CY, cycloserine; CL, clofazimine; CI, ciprofloxacin; AK, amikacin; AZI, azithromycin; CLR, clarithromycin; P, pyrazinamide; D, doxycycline; Min, minocycline; Ery, erythromycin; RA, rheumatoid arthritis; AA, aplastic anemia; BMT, bone marrow transplant; OM, osteomyelitis; NA, data not available.

^bL, left; R, right.