MYCOBACTERIUM KANSASII CAUSING SEPTIC ARTHRITIS AND OSTEOMYELITIS IN A CHILD. The Pediatric infectious disease journal [Pediatr Infect Dis J] Journal article

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Williams B, Neth O, Shingadia D, Dixon G, Jupp RS, Rosendahl K, Eastwood D, Klein N, Brogan P
MYCOBACTERIUM KANSASII CAUSING SEPTIC ARTHRITIS AND OSTEOMYELITIS IN A CHILD. [JOURNAL ARTICLE]
Pediatr Infect Dis J 2009 Oct 30.

We present the case of a boy with a 3-year history of relapsing/remitting monoarthritis of the ankle joint. Despite negative cultures at first presentation, synovial fluid examination revealed Mycobacteriumkansasii. This is the youngest reported case of M. kansasii septic arthritis in a child.

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