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Reactive arthritis developing after pneumococcal conjunctivitis: a case report

BACKGROUND: S. pneumoniae is a known cause of bacterial conjunctivitis and can be transmitted through contact with infected carriers. CASE PRESENTATION: A 38-year-old ophthalmologist developing reactive arthritis following clinic-acquired pneumococcal conjunctivitis. CONCLUSION: (1) Despite the freq...

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Autores principales: Verma, Amit S, Dwarika, Dorian
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2007
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1839761/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17411444
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-1-2