Meningococcal-associated arthritis: Infection versus immune-mediated [2]

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 71-73

  Bhavnagri, S ^a   Steele, N ^a   Massasso, D ^b   Benn, R ^b   Youssef, P ^a,b   Bleasel, J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CELECOXIB; CIPROFLOXACIN; DICLOFENAC; HLA B27 ANTIGEN; OPIATE; PREDNISONE; RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

ADULT; ARTHRITIS; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DNA DETERMINATION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LETTER; MALE; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYNOVITIS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, INFECTIOUS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; MIDDLE AGED; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 38049049856     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: 14455994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2007.01560.x     Document Type: Letter

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