PMID: 2098120Dec 1, 1990Paper

Sternoclavicular staphylococcal arthritis in non-immunodepressed patients. Study of 4 cases

Enfermedades infecciosas y microbiología clínica
N Gómez RodríguezA Atanes Sandoval

Abstract

We report four patients (3 males and one female) suffering a sternoclavicular staphylococcal arthritis in whom risk factors such as parenteral drug addiction, alcoholism, diabetes, or immunosuppression were not observed. The etiopathogenesis, clinical picture, and diagnosis of this uncommon septic arthritis in reviewed.

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