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Bilateral septic arthritis of the sternoclavicular joint complicating infective endocarditis: a case report

BACKGROUND: Septic arthritis is an infectious disease that commonly affects weight-bearing or proximal joints such as the knee and the hip. The sternoclavicular joint is an unusual site of this entity. It usually occurs in patients with diabetes mellitus, intravenous drug abusers, or those with rheu...

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Autores principales: Masmoudi, Karim, Elleuch, Emna, Akrout, Rim, Feki, Afef, Ezzeddine, Mariam, Fourati, Hela, Lahiani, Dorra, Ben Jemaâ, Mounir, Baklouti, Sofiène
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6033282/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29973288
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13256-018-1709-9