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Zafar Y, Elkafrawy AA, Nahar J, et al. Acalculous Cholecystitis Presenting as a Septic Joint: A Case Report. Cureus. 2019;11(7):e5193doi: 10.7759/cureus.5193.
Zafar, Y., Elkafrawy, A. A., Nahar, J., & Shafiq, M. (2019). Acalculous Cholecystitis Presenting as a Septic Joint: A Case Report. Cureus, 11(7), e5193. https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.5193
Zafar, Yousaf, et al. "Acalculous Cholecystitis Presenting as a Septic Joint: A Case Report." Cureus vol. 11,7 (2019): e5193. doi: https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.5193
Zafar Y, Elkafrawy AA, Nahar J, Shafiq M. Acalculous Cholecystitis Presenting as a Septic Joint: A Case Report. Cureus. 2019 Jul 22;11(7):e5193. doi: 10.7759/cureus.5193. PMID: 31565600; PMCID: PMC6759001.
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Cureus. 2019 Jul 22;11(7):e5193. doi: 10.7759/cureus.5193.

Acalculous Cholecystitis Presenting as a Septic Joint: A Case Report.

Cureus

Yousaf Zafar, Ahmed A Elkafrawy, Julie Nahar, Muhammad Shafiq

Affiliations

  1. Internal Medicine, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine, Kansas City, USA.
  2. Infectious Disease, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine, Kansas City, USA.
  3. Internal Medicine, The University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, USA.

PMID: 31565600 PMCID: PMC6759001 DOI: 10.7759/cureus.5193

Abstract

It is rare for acalculous cholecystitis to present with symptoms outside the abdomen; hence, making its diagnosis can be a challenge. We report a case of a 77-year-old male, with a relevant past medical history of left knee arthroplasty two years prior, who presented with left knee pain and swelling. Cultures from the arthrocentesis grew

Copyright © 2019, Zafar et al.

Keywords: acalculous cholecystitis; clostridium perfringens; septic joint

Conflict of interest statement

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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