The doctor and the mask: iatrogenic septic arthritis caused by Streptoccocus mitis.
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The Medical Journal of Australia ISSN: 0025729X 18 March 2013 198 5 285-286 ©The Medical Journal of Australia 2013 www.mja.com.au Notable Cases venous therapy, the patient was 1 g three times daily to compl antibiotics. Shortly after the patient pre agreed to provide an oropharynge were cultured, including multiple cies. Pulsed-field gel electrophor A 72-year-old man developed septic arthritis in a prosthetic shoulder after intraarticular injection of radiographic contrast. This is the first published case in which molecular techniques matched oral commensal organisms cultured from joint aspirate with oral flora from the proceduralist, who was not wearing a mask.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- The Medical journal of Australia
دوره 198 5 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2013