Disseminated staphylococcal infection with polyarthritis in a 12 year old boy

Mansour Siavash Dastjerdi, Mojtaba Rostami, Morteza Mirbagheri

Abstract


Septic arthritis with polyarticular presentation is an uncommon clinical entity. A case of complicated staphylococcal infection with purulent and reactive polyarthritis, osteomyelitis, cutaneous and pleuropericardial involvement as well as transient blindness is presented here.

Keywords


Septic arthritis, staphylococcal infection, toxic shock syndrome.

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