Lesage, V
Vanpee, Dominique
[UCL]
Luyx, C
Nachega, J B
Boutsen, Yves
[UCL]
Swine, Christian
[UCL]
Septic arthritis with Haemophilus influenzae is infrequent in adults and often associated with an extra-articular septic focus. We report the case of a septic arthritis caused by H. influenzae in an elderly (89-year-old) female patient in whom an transoesophageal echocardiogram showed an aortic valve endocarditis.
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Bibliographic reference |
Lesage, V ; Vanpee, Dominique ; Luyx, C ; Nachega, J B ; Boutsen, Yves ; et. al. Septic arthritis caused by Haemophilus influenzae associated with endocarditis.. In: Clinical rheumatology, Vol. 17, no. 4, p. 340-2 (1998) |
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