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Septic polyarthritis due to bacteroides fragilis in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis

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A case of septic polyarthritis is described in a patient with severe RA who had not received steroid therapy. The organism involved, bacteroides fragilis, was sensitive to metronidazole.

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  1. Staffordshire Rheumatology Centre, Haywood Hospital High Lane, Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, UK

    P. T. Dawes & T. E. Hothersall

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Dawes, P.T., Hothersall, T.E. Septic polyarthritis due to bacteroides fragilis in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis. Clin Rheumatol 3, 381–383 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02032346

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