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Ernest Atlas, MD; Melvin E. Belding, MD

JAMA. 1968;204(2):167-169.

Abstract
A case of pyogenic arthritis caused by the organism Serratia marcescens is believed to be the first reported in the American literature. The patient presented initially with ocular signs, following by calf pain and tenderness, mistakenly interpreted as thrombophlebitis, and finally refractory pyogenic arthritis which led to amputation.

Author Affiliations
From the Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine and the Seattle Veterans Administration Hospital, Seattle.

Footnotes
Reprint requests to 3503 88th Ave SE, Mercer Island, Wash 98040 (Dr. Atlas).

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