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Case Reports
. 1989 Mar;32(3):352-4.
doi: 10.1002/anr.1780320320.

Factitious septic arthritis

T G Elliott  1 , D Burdge, G D Reid
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Case Reports

Factitious septic arthritis

T G Elliott et al. Arthritis Rheum. 1989 Mar.

Abstract

Septic arthritis is an uncommon manifestation of factitious illness. We report 2 patients who developed septic arthritis of the knee after repeated self-administered intraarticular injections. Multiple unusual infective agents were isolated. These cases illustrate malingering and Munchausen syndrome, 2 examples from the spectrum of factitious disease syndromes.

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