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Case Reports
. 1988 Oct;47(10):866-8.
doi: 10.1136/ard.47.10.866.

Infection of a prosthetic knee joint with Peptostreptococcus magnus

U M Davies  1 , A M Leak, J Davé
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Case Reports

Infection of a prosthetic knee joint with Peptostreptococcus magnus

U M Davies et al. Ann Rheum Dis. 1988 Oct.

Abstract

Infection of a prosthetic knee joint with Peptostreptococcus magnus in an immunosuppressed patient with rheumatoid arthritis is described. The organism is a skin commensal, generally thought to be of low pathogenicity; the difficulty in making the diagnosis is emphasised.

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