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Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases Volume 37, 2005 - Issue 4
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Case Report

Septic arthritis due to Salmonella enteritidis associated with infliximab use

Ioannis Katsarolis From the Fourth Department of Internal Medicine, Attikon University General Hospital, Athens University Medical School, Athens, GreeceCorrespondence[email protected]
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Sotirios Tsiodras From the Fourth Department of Internal Medicine, Attikon University General Hospital, Athens University Medical School, Athens, Greece
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Periklis Panagopoulos From the Fourth Department of Internal Medicine, Attikon University General Hospital, Athens University Medical School, Athens, Greece
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Efthymia Giannitsioti From the Fourth Department of Internal Medicine, Attikon University General Hospital, Athens University Medical School, Athens, Greece
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Grigorios Skarantavos First Department of Orthopaedics, Attikon University General Hospital, Athens University Medical School, Athens, Greece
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Theologos Ioannidis First Department of Orthopaedics, Attikon University General Hospital, Athens University Medical School, Athens, Greece
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Helen Giamarellou From the Fourth Department of Internal Medicine, Attikon University General Hospital, Athens University Medical School, Athens, Greece
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Pages 304-306 | Received 21 Sep 2004, Accepted 30 Sep 2004, Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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