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Synovial Fluid Isolation of Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae in Knee Septic Arthritis

A Mera-Varela1, J Blanco-Rodríguez, M González-Pérez

  • 1Divisions of Rheumatology (A.M.-V., J.B.-R., C.C.-P., M.G.-P.), Division of Microbiology (F.P.-S.), Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Santiago, Facultad de Medicina, Santiago de Compostela, SPAIN.

Journal of Clinical Rheumatology : Practical Reports on Rheumatic & Musculoskeletal Diseases
|December 17, 2008
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