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Initial chest radiography.
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After 14 days of antibiotic therapy, joints were still swollen and painful, CRP level was still high (139.3 mg/L), and chest radiography revealed infiltrations in middle and upper zones of the right lung and middle zone of the left lung (Figure 1).
Chest radiography after 3 months of treatment.
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After 1 month, there were no joint symptoms, CRP level was almost normal (9.8 mg/L), and arterial blood gases were recovered, and after 3 months, chest radiography was normal (Figure 2).