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Case Reports in Rheumatology
Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 720297, 5 pages
doi:10.1155/2012/720297
Case Report

Streptococcus agalactiae Septic Arthritis of the Shoulder and the Sacroiliac Joints: A Case Report

Yahia Z. Imam,1 Housam Aldeen Sarakbi,2,3 Nagui Abdelwahab,4 and Issa Mattar1,3

1General Medicine Division, Department of Medicine, Hamad Medical Corporation, P.O. Box 3050, Doha, Qatar
2Rheumatology Division, Department of Medicine, Hamad Medical Corporation, P.O. Box 3050, Doha, Qatar
3Weill Cornell Medical School, Hamad Medical Corporation, P.O. Box 3050, Doha, Qatar
4Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt

Received 26 May 2012; Accepted 24 July 2012

Academic Editors: R. Cevik and T. C. Hsu

Copyright © 2012 Yahia Z. Imam et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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