Streptococcus pneumoniae septic arthritis in adults

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1037-1039

  Baraboutis, I ^a   Skoutelis, A ^b  

^a Hellenic Centre for Infectious Diseases Control   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Arthritis; Pneumococcal arthritis; Septic arthritis; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

PENICILLIN G; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTHROSCOPY; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK FACTOR; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; SURGICAL DRAINAGE;

STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 11044228599     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2004.00968.x     Document Type: Editorial

References (20)

1. Baker DG, Schumacher RH. Current concepts: acute monoarthritis. N Engl J Med 1993; 329: 1013-1020.
2. Goldenberg DL, Cohen AS. Acute infectious arthritis: a review of patients with nongonococcal joint infections (with emphasis on therapy and prognosis). Am J Med 1976; 60: 369-377.
3. Goldenberg DL, Reed JI. Bacterial arthritis. N Engl J Med 1985; 312: 764-771.
4. Torres J, Rathbun HK, Greenough WB. Pneumococcal arthritis: report of a case and review of the literature. Johns Hopkins Med J 1973; 132: 234-241.
5. Ryan MJ, Kavanagh R, Wall PG, Hazleman BL. Bacterial joint infections in England and Wales: analysis of bacterial isolates over a four year period. Br J Rheum 1997; 36: 370-373.
6. Ispahani P, Weston VC, Turner DPJ, Donald FE. Septic arthritis due to Streptococcus pneumoniae in Nottingham, United Kingdom, 1985-1998. Clin Infect Dis 1999; 29: 1450-1454.
7. James PA, Thomas MG. Streptococcus pneumoniae septic arthritis in adults. Scand J Infect Dis 2000; 32: 491-494.
8. Ross JJ, Saltzman CL, Carling P, Shapiro DS. Pneumococcal septic arthritis: review of 190 cases. Clin Infect Dis 2003; 36 319-327.
9. Kauffman CA, Watanakunakorn C, Phair JP. Pneumococcal arthritis. J Rheumatol 1976; 3: 409-419.
10. Turner DPJ, Weston VC, Ispahani P. Streptococcus pneumoniae spinal infection in Nottingham, United Kingdom: not a rare event. Clin Infect Dis 1999; 28: 873-881.
11. Epstein JH, Zimmermann B, Ho G. Polyarticular septic arthritis. J Rheumatol 1986; 13: 1105-1107.
12. Edwards GS, Russell IJ. Pneumococcal arthritis complicating gout. J Rheumatol 1980; 7: 907-910.
13. Merle-Melet M, Tortuyaux JM, Condette S et al. Early postsplenectomy arthritis caused by penicillin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 1996; 15: 159-160.
14. Saraux A, Taelman H, Blanche P et al. HIV infection as a risk factor for septic arthritis. Br J Rheumatol 1997; 36: 333-337.
15. Sublett KL, Katz AL. Medical management of pneumococcal arthritis involving a knee prosthesis. Arthritis Rheum 1987; 30 940-942.
16. Sanzen L. Spread of Streptococcus pneumoniae between artificial joints in a rheumatoid patient. Acta Orthop Scand 1991; 62: 597-598.
17. Maniloff G, Greenwald R, Laskin R, Singer C. Delayed postbacteremic prosthetic joint infection. Clin Orthop 1987; 223 194-197.
18. Babinchak TJ, Riley DK, Rotheram EB. Pyogenic vertebral osteomyelitis of the posterior elements. Clin Infect Dis 1997; 25: 221-224.
19. Naktin J, DeSimone J. Lumbar vertebral osteomyelitis with mycotic abdominal aortic aneurysm caused by highly penicillin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae. J Clin Microbiol 1999; 37: 4198-4200.
20. Rosenthal J, Bole GG, Robinson WD. Acute nongonococcal infectious arthritis: evaluation of risk factors, therapy and outcome. Arthritis Rheum 1980; 23: 889-897.