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Acute septic arthritis.
Acute septic arthritis may develop as a result of hematogenous seeding, direct introduction, or extension from a contiguous focus of infection. The pathogenesis of acute septic arthritis is multifactorial and depends on the interaction of the host immune response and the adherence factors, toxins, and immunoavoidance strategies of the invading pathogen. Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Staphylococcus ...
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OBJECTIVE To present a case of acute septic arthritis due to Streptococcussanguis, a member of the viridans group streptococci. CLINICAL PRESENTATION AND INTERVENTION A 73-year-old woman presented with fever and increasing swelling and pain of the right knee several weeks after she had been treated for severe periodontal disease. Arthrocentesis yielded purulent synovial fluid. S. sanguis was ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Microbiology Reviews
سال: 2002
ISSN: 0893-8512,1098-6618
DOI: 10.1128/cmr.15.4.527-544.2002