Arthritis in the Mediterranean Theater of Operations

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IN ADDITION to the various types of joint disease described in the two previous papers,1 , 2 infectious and miscellaneous forms of arthritis were encountered among United States Army personnel in the Mediterranean Theater.Arthritis Associated with Bacillary DysenteryThe arthritis associated with bacillary dysentery, although infrequently diagnosed, seemed of particular interest on account of an unusual symptom-complex that was encountered, especially in the region of Oran, Algeria, in the warmer months of 1943. This syndrome, which consisted in arthritis with conjunctivitis or urethritis, or both, and which has been mentioned in reports in the literature, has already been described by Lieutenant . . .

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