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Case Reports
. 1990 Mar;49(3):192-3.
doi: 10.1136/ard.49.3.192.

Infective arthritis due to Blastocystis hominis

M G Lee  1 , S C Rawlins, M Didier, K DeCeulaer
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Case Reports

Infective arthritis due to Blastocystis hominis

M G Lee et al. Ann Rheum Dis. 1990 Mar.

Abstract

A patient with rheumatoid arthritis taking prednisone developed Blastocystis hominis acute diarrhoea, which was associated with increased inflammation and effusion of the left knee. B hominis organisms were found in synovial fluid from the left knee. The patient responded dramatically to metronidazole treatment. B hominis may become disseminated in immunosuppressed patients with diarrhoea and may cause infective arthritis.

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