Rat bite fever mimicking rheumatoid arthritis

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 37, Issue 6-7, 2005, Pages 532-533

  Legout, Laurence ^a,b,d   Senneville, E ^b   Mulleman, D ^c   Solau Gervais, E ^c   Flipo, R M ^c   Mouton, Y ^b  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b Dron Hospital   (France)

^c LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^d Service d'Orthopedie et de Traumatologie de l'Appareil Moteur   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINDAMYCIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PENICILLIN G; RIFAMPICIN;

ADULT; ARTHROCENTESIS; ARTHROTOMY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CASE REPORT; DEBRIDEMENT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EMPLOYEE; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYARTHRITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RAT BITE FEVER; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; STREPTOBACILLUS MONILIFORMIS; SYNOVIAL FLUID;

ARTHRITIS, INFECTIOUS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RAT-BITE FEVER; STREPTOBACILLUS;

EID: 22844452181     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540510032114     Document Type: Article

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