Case Studies and Literature Review of Pneumococcal Septic Arthritis in Adults

Case Studies and Literature Review of Pneumococcal Septic Arthritis in Adults

We conducted a retrospective study on all cases of pneumococcal septic arthritis (SA) in patients >18 years of age reported to the Picardie Regional Pneumococcal Network in France during 2005–2016. Among 1,062 cases of invasive pneumococcal disease, we observed 16 (1.5%) SA cases. Although SA is...

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Main Authors: Amandine Dernoncourt, Youssef El Samad, Jean Schmidt, Jean Philippe Emond, Charlotte Gouraud, Anne Brocard, Mohamed El Hamri, Claire Plassart, Florence Rousseau, Valéry Salle, Momar Diouf, Emmanuelle Varon, Farida Hamdad
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2019-10-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Streptococcus pneumoniae
septic arthritis
pneumococcal disease
vaccines
bacteria
France
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/25/10/18-1695_article

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