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Kellgren and colleagues (1958) have described the susceptibility of the rheumatoid joint to superimposed bacterial infections. These present clinically as septic diseases needing appropriate therapy. We have not had any biopsies from patients with a current real septic superinfection, because in these cases intensive antibiotic therapy is required and biopsy is not indicated.
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Fassbender, H.G. (2002). Bacterial Superinfection. In: Pathology and Pathobiology of Rheumatic Diseases. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-04819-1_20
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