Transient oligoarthritis of the lower extremity following influenza B virus infection: Case report.
A 12-year-old girl developed influenza B virus infection proven by typical symptoms and detection of the virus in a nasopharyngeal swab by culture and PCR. Two weeks later she developed an otherwise unexplained transient oligoarthritis of small joints of the left foot. Influenza viruses may be a hitherto underappreciated cause of a post-infectious arthritis.
University Children's Hospital, Medical Faculty "Carl-Gustav-Carus", Technical University Dresden, Germany.
Normi
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Bruck
Manfred
M
Gahr
Frank
F
Pessler