Manubrio-sternal joint sepsis in rheumatoid arthritis

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A case of severe staphylococcal septicaemia: septic arthritis and a mediastinal abscess following leflunamide therapy for rheumatoid arthritis

“…Bony destruction which permitted this is rarely seen in the immunocompetent host and has been particularly noted in seropositive rheumatoid cases 22. Alternatively, the manubrium itself may have been the original source of infection.…”