Septic arthritis of the wrist caused by Mycobacterium intracellulare: a case report

Septic arthritis of the wrist is rare entity, especially; atypical mycobacterial infection of the wrist is extremely rare. We report a case of septic arthritis of the wrist caused by Mycobacterium intracellulare, which was successfully treated by radical debridement followed by wrist arthrodesis usi...

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Autores principales: Kawamura, Kenji, Yajima, Hiroshi, Omokawa, Shohei, Maegawa, Naoki, Shimizu, Takamasa, Nakanishi, Yasuaki, Kira, Tsutomu, Onishi, Tadanobu, Hayami, Naoki, Tanaka, Yasuhito
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Taylor & Francis 2016
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5127383/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27990457
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23320885.2016.1254561
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Sumario:Septic arthritis of the wrist is rare entity, especially; atypical mycobacterial infection of the wrist is extremely rare. We report a case of septic arthritis of the wrist caused by Mycobacterium intracellulare, which was successfully treated by radical debridement followed by wrist arthrodesis using vascularised fibular grafting.

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