Arthritis of the sternoclavicular joint masquerading as rupture of the cervical oesophagus: a case report

INTRODUCTION: Sternoclavicular septic arthritis is a rare condition and accounts only for 1% of cases of septic arthritis in the general population. The most common risk factors are intravenous drug use, central-line infection, distant-site infection, immunosuppression, trauma and diabetes mellitus....

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Autores principales: Katsoulis, Iraklis E, Bossi, Manuela, Damani, Nisal, Livingstone, Jeremy I
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Case report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2639601/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19178739
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-3-40

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