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Septic arthritis: A complication of BCG immunotherapy

✍ Scribed by Jacob J. Lokich; Michael A. Drew

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
1979
Tongue
English
Weight
160 KB
Volume
11
Category
Article
ISSN
0022-4790

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✦ Synopsis

A new complication of cutaneous vaccination for immune therapy is reported: non-acid-fast bacteremia with metastatic septic arthritis. Systemic antibiotics should be administered prophylactically in patients with signs and symptoms of local infection, particularly in the presence of orthopedic prostheses or valvular heart disease.

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## Abstract An elderly female with peripheral diabetic neuropathy presented with a septic arthritis of the left 5th metatarsophalangeal joint. Her condition was further complicated by vertebral osteomyelitis and septic arthritis of the wrist, the latter secondary to the increased local vascularity