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A case of brucellar septic arthritis of the knee with a prolonged clinical course

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Brucellosis is a systemic infectious disease with a broad spectrum of clinical manifestations. Arthritis is frequently observed in its course and may be one of the main presenting clinical features of the disease. We report a case of brucellar monoarthritis of the knee with a prolonged clinical course despite efficient antibiotic treatment.

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  1. Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Kirikkale University Faculty of Medicine, Kirikkale, Turkey

    Ergin Ayaşlıoğlu, Özlem Özlük, Dilek Kılıç & Sedat Kaygusuz

  2. Department of Radiodiagnostics, Kirikkale University Faculty of Medicine, Kirikkale, Turkey

    Simay Kara

  3. Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation, Kirikkale University Faculty of Medicine, Kirikkale, Turkey

    Gülümser Aydın

  4. Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey

    Fügen Çokca & Emin Tekeli

  5. Karşıyaka sok. 32/3 Dikmen, P.O. Box 06460, Ankara, Turkey

    Ergin Ayaşlıoğlu

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Ayaşlıoğlu, E., Özlük, Ö., Kılıç, D. et al. A case of brucellar septic arthritis of the knee with a prolonged clinical course. Rheumatol Int 25, 69–71 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00296-004-0453-1

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