Abstract
Brucellosis is a systemic infectious disease, which constitutes a public health problem in Turkey. Brucellosis has a broad spectrum of clinical manifestations. Osteoarthicular manifestations are often seen in brucellosis but most of the brucellar monoarthritis cases are reactive rather than being septic. We report a case of brucellar (septic) monoarthritis of the knee in a 74-year-old cattleman and review of the literature.
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Cerit, E.T., Aydın, M. & Azap, A. A case of brucellar monoarthritis and review of the literature. Rheumatol Int 32, 1465–1468 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00296-011-1917-8
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