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## Background: Coronavirus disease 2019 (covid-19) pandemic is increasingly recognized as a serious, worldwide public health concern. most of the patients with covid-19 are asymptomatic or show mild symptoms. it is important to identify the unusual manifestations and their long-term complication. ## Case presentation: A case of covid-19 in 45 years old man with septic arthritis due to is presented. covid-19 was diagnosed using real-time polymerase chain reaction without obvious clinical manifestation. the patient had no history of trauma or inflammatory arthritis and had progressive left knee pain and limitation of movement. knee x-ray was normal. aspiration of the knee joint fluid showed a cloudy and purulent appearance. the patient was admitted to hospital and immediately treated with vancomycin 1gr/12 hr. a polymerized chain reaction (pcr) test for covid-19 was performed, which was positive 24 h after hospitalization. was reported in synovial fluid culture which was sensitive to vancomycin and ciprofloxacin, thus vancomycin was continued. on the 4th day of hospitalization the patient had cough, therefore underwent ct scan lungs and ground-glass opacities (ggo) characteristic of

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Author

Mandana Khodashahi; Rozita Khodashahi; Zeinab Saremi

Publisher

Elsevier BV

Published

2022

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)