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Subacromial subdeltoid septic bursitis associated with isotretinoin therapy and corticosteroid injection

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Location: http://www.jabfm.org/cgi/content/full/17/4/299

Description: Subacromial septic bursitis after corticosteroid injection is exceedingly rare. This report describes a case of Staphylococcus aureus subacromial septic bursitis after corticosteroid injection in a patient undergoing isotretinoin (Accutane) therapy. This case is only the third reported in the literature linking a corticosteroid injection with septic subacromial bursitis1,2 and the first to describe an association with isotretinoin therapy.
Subacromial/subdeltoid septic bursitis associated with isotretinoin therapy and corticosteroid injection. Drezner JA, Sennett BJ. J Am Board Fam Pract. 2004 Jul-Aug;17(4):299-302

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Author/Contact: Drezner JA, Sennett BJ.
Institution: J Am Board Fam Pract.
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Language: English

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