Transient oligoarthritis of the lower extremity following influenza B virus infection: Case report

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Pediatric Rheumatology

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Transient oligoarthritis of the lower extremity following influenza B virus infection: Case report

Normi Bruck¹ , Manfred Gahr¹ and Frank Pessler¹^,2

¹University Children's Hospital, Medical Faculty "Carl-Gustav-Carus", Technical University Dresden, Germany

²Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig, Germany

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Pediatric Rheumatology 2010, 8:4doi:10.1186/1546-0096-8-4


Published:	14 January 2010

Abstract

A 12-year-old girl developed influenza B virus infection proven by typical symptoms and detection of the virus in a nasopharyngeal swab by culture and PCR. Two weeks later she developed an otherwise unexplained transient oligoarthritis of small joints of the left foot. Influenza viruses may be a hitherto underappreciated cause of a post-infectious arthritis.