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| A Case of Arthritis of Knee Joint Caused by Salmonella Typhi |
| Koo-Yeup Kim, Hwan-Jo Suh |
| Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea |
Vol.23 Num.1 (p45~49)
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We report a rare case of arthritis of knee joint caused by salmonella typhi. A 31-year-old male patient admitted with a painful swelling of right knee joint.
The cultures of blood, stool and urine were negative. The widal test was 1:640 (O titer). The culture of the pus obtained by operation yielded growth of salmonella typhi. With chloramphenicol, the patient was recovered completely.
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