Group B streptococcus arthritis

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Dec 1983 Belgium English Publisher:Springer Science and Business Media LLCJournal:Clinical Rheumatology, volume 2, pages 427-429 (issn: 0770-3198, eissn: 1434-9949,

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Authors: Colebunders, Robert; Cytryn, Ephraim; Thys, Jean-Pierre;

doi: 10.1007/bf02041567

pmid: 6378495

handle: 2013/ULB-DIPOT:oai:dipot.ulb.ac.be:2013/187638

Group B streptococcus arthritis

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Abstract

Serious infections with group B streptococcus (streptococcus agalactiae) are rare in adults. A 81-year-old patient with cirrhosis who developed a septic arthritis due to this germ, is described. Only eleven cases of group B streptococcal arthritis have been previously reported.

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Belgium

Related Organizations

Université Libre de Bruxelles
Belgium
Erasmus Hospital
Belgium

Keywords

Liver Cirrhosis, Arthritis, Infectious, Group B streptococcus, Shoulder Joint, Arthritis, Streptococcus agalactiae, Rhumatologie, Streptococcal Infections, Humans, Streptococcus Agalactiae, Female, Aged

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