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Case Reports
. 1988 Aug;47(8):695-6.
doi: 10.1136/ard.47.8.695.

Osteomyelitis presenting as a swollen elbow in a patient with the acquired immune deficiency syndrome

B T Goh  1 , A S Jawad, D Chapman, S J Winceslaus, G E Forster, J D Perry
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Case Reports

Osteomyelitis presenting as a swollen elbow in a patient with the acquired immune deficiency syndrome

B T Goh et al. Ann Rheum Dis. 1988 Aug.

Abstract

A patient suffering from the acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), who developed swelling of the left elbow four weeks after Staphylococcus aureus septicaemia is reported. The cause was osteomyelitis of the olecranon process.

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