Septic arthritis of the shoulder is uncommon in adults, and complete dislocation of the glenohumeral joint following septic arthritis is extremely rare. We report a case of pathologic shoulder dislocation secondary to septic arthritis in an intravenous drug abuser

Ahmadzadeh-Chabok, Hossien

Bagheri, Farshid

Ebrahimzadeh, Mohamad H

Fattahi, Asieh S

Khajah-Mozaffari, Javad

Sharifi, Seyed Reza

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