Flare or foe? - Mycobacterium marinum infection mimicking rheumatoid arthritis tenosynovitis: case report and literature review

Abstract Background Rheumatoid arthritis is the most common type of inflammatory arthritis affecting about 1% of the population. With the advent of disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs the disease can be well controlled in many cases. Patients, however, are prone to developing infectious complicat...

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Main Authors: Nils Schubert, Tillmann Schill, Marlene Plüß, Peter Korsten
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-03-01
Series:BMC Rheumatology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s41927-020-0114-3