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Disseminated Staphylococcal Infection With Polyarthritis in a 12 Year Old Boy



Dastjerdi MS1, 4 ; Rostami M2 ; Mirbagheri M3
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  1. 1. Department of Endocrinology, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
  2. 2. Department of Infectious Disease, Academic Member of Research Center for Infectious Diseases, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
  3. 3. Saddughi Hospital, Isfahan, Iran
  4. 4. Isfahan Endocrine and Metabolism Research Center, Sedigheh Tahereh Medical Research Complex, Isfahan, Khorram Street, Iran

Source: Journal of Research in Medical Sciences Published:2007

Abstract

Septic arthritis with polyarticular presentation is an uncommon clinical entity. A case of complicated staphylococcal infection with purulent and reactive polyarthritis, osteomyelitis, cutaneous and pleuropericardial involvement as well as transient blindness is presented here.