Septic arthritis caused by Actinobacillus ureae in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis receiving anti-tumor necrosis factor-α therapy

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1663-1665

  Kaur, Primal P ^a,d   Derk, Chris T ^a,b   Chatterji, Melanie ^a   Dehoratius, Raphael J ^a,c  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Medicine ^*  (United States)

^c Department of Medicine

^d THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Actinobacillus ureae; Rheumatoid arthritis; Septic arthritis; Tumor necrosis alpha inhibitors

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFAZOLIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; ETANERCEPT; LANSOPRAZOLE; METHOTREXATE; NIFEDIPINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PAMIDRONIC ACID; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA RECEPTOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABRASION; ACTINOBACILLUS; ACTINOBACILLUS UREAE; ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTHROTOMY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEBRIDEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EDEMA; FALLING; FEMALE; FLEXION CONTRACTURE; HEART MURMUR; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PANNUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYMPTOM; SYNOVECTOMY;

ABSCESS; ACTINOBACILLUS INFECTIONS; ARTHRITIS, INFECTIOUS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; KNEE JOINT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; METHOTREXATE; MIDDLE AGED; RECEPTORS, TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 3442883605     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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