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Rickettsioses presenting as major joint arthritis and erythema nodosum: description of four patients

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dc.contributor.author Premaratna, R. en_US
dc.contributor.author Chandrasena, T.G.A.N. en_US
dc.contributor.author Rajapakse, R.P.V.J. en_US
dc.contributor.author Eremeeva, M.E. en_US
dc.contributor.author Dasch, G.A. en_US
dc.contributor.author Bandara, N.K.B.K.R.G.W. en_US
dc.contributor.author de Silva, H.J. en_US
dc.date.accessioned 2014-10-29T09:27:18Z
dc.date.available 2014-10-29T09:27:18Z
dc.date.issued 2009 en_US
dc.identifier.citation Clinical Rheumatology. 2009; 28(7): pp.867-8 en_US
dc.identifier.issn 0770-3198 (Print) en_US
dc.identifier.issn 1434-9949 (Electronic) en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://repository.kln.ac.lk/handle/123456789/1899
dc.description Indexed in MEDLINE
dc.description.abstract Erythema nodosum and aseptic arthritis are recognized associations of rickettsial infections. However, they usually present with a febrile illness rather than with severe arthritis. We report three patients who presented with incapacitating major joint arthritis and one who presented with severe spondyloarthropathy in addition to major joint arthritis due to serologically confirmed Orientia tsutsugamushi and Rickettsia conorii infections. All of them had erythema nodosum and low-grade fever. They had rapid clinical response to doxycycline. en_US
dc.publisher Springer International en_US
dc.title Rickettsioses presenting as major joint arthritis and erythema nodosum: description of four patients en_US
dc.type Article en_US
dc.identifier.department Meidicine en_US
dc.identifier.department Parasitology en_US


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