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Campylobacter fetus septic arthritis revealing a malignancy
Karine Rollot1, Jean David Albert, Stéphanie Werner
1Rheumatology Department, CHU Hôpital Sud 16, Boulevard de Bulgarie, 35056 Rennes cedex 2, France.
Joint Bone Spine
|February 11, 2004
Abstract:
Campylobacter fetus is a rare cause of bone and joint infection. We report a new case in a patient who also had endocarditis due to the same organism. This type of infection usually occurs in immunocompromised hosts. Investigations in our patient found a cancer of the prostate.