Pseudomonas infection of the symphysis pubis in a heroin user: a case report.

This article reports a case of Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection of the symphysis pubis in a heroin user. Cultures showed the organism to be sensitive to gentamicin, and cure was effected after the use of intravenous gentamicin therapy and operative curetting of joint debris and affected bone. The patient remained asymptomatic at the nine-month followup. Copyright 2013, SLACK Incorporated.