The doctor and the mask:Iatrogenic septic arthritis caused by Streptoccocus mitis

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 198, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 285-286

  Coatsworth, Nicholas R ^a   Huntington, Peter G ^a   Giuffrè, Bruno ^a   Kotsiou, George ^a  

^a ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; CONTRAST MEDIUM; FLUCLOXACILLIN; GENTAMICIN; PENICILLIN G;

AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMENSAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE DURATION; HUMAN; JOINT ASPIRATION; MALE; MASK; MOUTH FLORA; NONHUMAN; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; SHOULDER; STREPTOCOCCUS MITIS;

AGED; ARTHRITIS, INFECTIOUS; CONTRAST MEDIA; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PROFESSIONAL-TO-PATIENT; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTICULAR; MALE; MASKS; SHOULDER JOINT; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS MITIS;

EID: 84876751193     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/mja12.11695     Document Type: Article

References (14)

1. Lefevre JC, Faucon G, Sicard AM, Gasc AM. DNA fingerprinting of Streptococcus pneumoniae strains by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis J Clin Microbiol 1993; 31: 2724-2728.
2. Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing. Medicare Australia Statistics 2013 [updated 25 Jan 2013]. https://www.medicareaustralia.gov.au/cgi-bin/broker.exe?_PROGRAM=sas.mbs_item_standard_report.sas&_SERVICE=default&DRILL=ag&_DEBUG=0&group=50124%2C+50125&VAR=services&STAT= count&RPT_FMT=by+state&PTYPE=finyear&START_DT=200607&END_DT=200906 (accessed Feb 2013).
3. Von Essen R, Savolainen HA. Bacterial infection following intra-articular injection: a brief review. Scand J Rheumatol 1989; 18: 7-12.
4. Haslock I, Macfarlane D, Speed C. Intra-articular and soft tissue injections: a survey of current practice. Br J Rheumatol 1995; 34: 449-452.
5. Panikkar KK, Yentis SM. Wearing of masks for obstetric regional anaesthesia: a postal survey. Anaesthesia 1996; 51: 398-400.
6. Davis P, Spady D, Forgie SE. A survey of Alberta physicians' use of and attitudes toward face masks and face shields in the operating room setting. Am J Infect Control 2007; 35: 455-459.
7. Philips BJ, Fergusson P, Armstrong P, et al. Surgical face masks are effective in reducing bacterial contamination caused by dispersal from the upper airway. Br J Anaesth 1992; 69: 407-408.
8. Armstrong RW, Bolding F, Joseph R. Septic arthritis following arthroscopy: clinical syndromes and analysis of risk factors. Arthroscopy 1992; 8: 213-223.
9. Baer ET. Post-dural puncture bacterial meningitis. Anesthesiology 2006; 105: 381-393.
10. Veringa E, Van Belkum A, Schellekens H. Iatrogenic meningitis by Streptococcus salivarius following lumbar puncture. J Hosp Infect 1995; 29: 316-318.
11. Wisplinghoff H, Reinert RR, Cornely O, Seifert H. Molecular relationships and antimicrobial susceptibilities of viridans group streptococci isolated from blood of neutropenic cancer patients. J Clin Microbiol 1999; 37: 1876-1880.
12. Lu H, Weng X, Zhu B, et al. Major outbreak of toxic shock-like syndrome caused by Streptococcus mitis. J Clin Microbiol 2003; 41: 3051-3055.
13. Tenover FC, Arbeit RD, Goering RV, et al. Interpreting chromosomal DNA restriction patterns produced by pulsedfield gel electrophoresis: criteria for bacterial strain typing. J Clin Microbiol 1995; 33: 2233-2239.
14. Black SR, Weinstein RA. The case for face masks - Zorro or zero? Clin Infect Dis 2000; 31: 522-523.