Polyarticular blastomycotic arthritis

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1019-1021

  Abril, Andy ^a   Campbell, Mark D ^a,b   Cotten Jr , V Reid ^a,c   Steckleberg, James M ^a,d   El Azhary, Rokea A ^a,d   O'Duffy, J Desmond ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b Orthopaedic Surgery   (United States)

^c Internal Medicine

^d Department of Infectious Diseases ^*

Author keywords

Blastomycosis; Fungal arthritis; Polyarthritis; Septic arthritis

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ITRACONAZOLE;

AGED; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BLASTOMYCES DERMATITIDIS; BLASTOMYCOSIS; CASE REPORT; CELLULITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; FEVER; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; SKIN BIOPSY;

AGED; ARTHRITIS, INFECTIOUS; BLASTOMYCES; BLASTOMYCOSIS; DERMATOMYCOSES; FEMALE; HUMANS; SYNOVIAL FLUID;

EID: 0031953482     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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