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SUBMITTER: Mackey JR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4042756 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Journal of clinical microbiology 20140409 6
We describe the evaluation of culture-negative synovial fluid from a 3-year-old boy by PCR and electrospray ionization followed by mass spectrometry (PCR/ESI-MS). Our patient developed a diffuse rash and fever with systemic signs and symptoms of sepsis, but four sets of blood cultures obtained prior to initiation of antibiotics were negative. After 1 week of illness, he developed right-knee swelling. Analysis of synovial fluid was consistent with infection, but cultures of specimens obtained fol ...[more]