http://www.healio.com/orthopedics/journals/ortho/2014-9-37-9/%7Bccc6ba01-e84e-4758-a554-5ccb2e15e5e1%7D/large-joint-osteoarticular-infection-caused-by-mycobacterium-arupense

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Large Joint Osteoarticular Infection Caused by Mycobacterium arupense

Adam Seidl, MD; Bennie Lindeque, MD, PhD

• Orthopedics
• September 2014 - Volume 37 · Issue 9: e848-e850
• DOI: 10.3928/01477447-20140825-93

Large Joint Osteoarticular Infection Caused by Mycobacterium arupense Read more

Nontuberculous mycobacteria tenosynovitis and osteoarticular infections have increased during the past 25 years. At least 15 different species of atypical mycobacteria have been mentioned in the literature as the cause of orthopedic infections....