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A Abril1, M D Campbell, V R Cotten
1Division of Rheumatology, Mayo Clinic and Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA.
Abstract:
Blastomycotic arthritis usually presents as acute monoarticular septic arthritis resembling a bacterial process. Only 2 cases in the literature have subsequently developed arthritis in a second joint. We describe the case of an elderly woman with polyarticular blastomycotic arthritis associated with lung, skin, and bone involvement. The organism was identified in the synovial fluid and skin biopsies. Our patient underwent open drainage and aspiration of the involved joints and received antimycotic therapy.
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