Septic arthritis caused by Rothia dentocariosa in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis receiving etanercept therapy

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2846-2847

  Favero, Marta ^a   Raffeiner, Bernd ^a   Cecchin, Diego ^a   Schiavon, Franco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; DISEASE MODIFYING ANTIRHEUMATIC DRUG; ETANERCEPT; LEVOFLOXACIN; OXAPROZIN; PLACEBO; SULESOMAB TC 99M; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR INHIBITOR;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTHROCENTESIS; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG UPTAKE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFECTION RISK; KNEE ARTHRITIS; LETTER; MENISCECTOMY; MOUTH HYGIENE; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; ROTHIA DENTOCARIOSA; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, INFECTIOUS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; FEMALE; GRAM-POSITIVE RODS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; KNEE JOINT; MIDDLE AGED; ORAL HYGIENE; RECEPTORS, TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

EID: 72449123823     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.090276     Document Type: Letter

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