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Chronic polyarthritis due to Pseudomonas aeruginosa
H A Van Heereveld1, P L Van Riel, J F Meis
1Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
British Journal of Rheumatology
|November 1, 1993
Abstract:
We present a 45-year-old male patient with chronic obstructive lung disease treated with low-dose corticosteroids, who developed a chronic septic polyarthritis due to Pseudomonas aeruginosa following a surgical wound infection. Due to the mild synovitis and the absence of systemic signs of infection the diagnosis was delayed for nearly 2 years and resulted in severe joint destruction.