A Case of Septic Arthritis of the Shoulder Due to Yersinia enterocolitica with Review of the Literature

Yersinia enterocolitica infection rarely can cause extra-intestinal infections. We present a case of septic arthritis of the shoulder due to this organism in an elderly man with liver and cardiac disease. We review previously published cases of Y. enterocolitica septic arthritis, and discuss risk fa...

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Autores principales: Chan, Justin, Gandhi, Rajesh Tim
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2014
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Brief Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4281793/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25734124
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofu054
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spelling pubmed-42817932015-03-02 A Case of Septic Arthritis of the Shoulder Due to Yersinia enterocolitica with Review of the Literature Chan, Justin Gandhi, Rajesh Tim Open Forum Infect Dis Brief Reports Yersinia enterocolitica infection rarely can cause extra-intestinal infections. We present a case of septic arthritis of the shoulder due to this organism in an elderly man with liver and cardiac disease. We review previously published cases of Y. enterocolitica septic arthritis, and discuss risk factors and management. Oxford University Press 2014-08-02 /pmc/articles/PMC4281793/ /pubmed/25734124 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofu054 Text en © The Author 2014. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial reproduction and distribution of the work, in any medium, provided the original work is not altered or transformed in any way, and that the work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com.
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A Case of Septic Arthritis of the Shoulder Due to Yersinia enterocolitica with Review of the Literature
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title_full A Case of Septic Arthritis of the Shoulder Due to Yersinia enterocolitica with Review of the Literature
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4281793/
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