Streptococcus pneumoniae septic arthritis complicating hip osteonecrosis in adults : case report and review of the literature

A 42-year-old patient presented acutely with bacteremic pneumococcal pneumonia along with metastatic pneumococcal infection of the hip joint. Diagnostic evaluation revealed evidence of a pre-existing bilateral hip osteonecrosis. The osteonecrotic changes were attributed to chronic alcohol abuse and/or an old motor vehicle accident. Appropriate therapy was promptly instituted and the septic arthritis responded well, necessitating hip aspiration only once. A few months later, the patient had no permanent sequelae of the infection.

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2007

Erschienen:

2007

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:100

Enthalten in:

Southern medical journal - 100(2007), 7 vom: 28. Juli, Seite 712-6

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Baraboutis, Ioannis G [VerfasserIn]
Papastamopoulos, Vasilios [VerfasserIn]
Skoutelis, Athanasios [VerfasserIn]

Themen:

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Case Reports
Journal Article
Penicillins
Review

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 09.08.2007

Date Revised 20.07.2007

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM17155793X