Group A streptococcus bacteraemia complicated by osteomyelitis in an immunocompetent adult.

Scandinavian journal of infectious diseases ·Vol. 36 ·No. 1 ·2004-00-00 ·Pages 63-5

Akesson P, Linder A, Cronqvist J, Christensson B

Abstract

Osteomyelitis due to group A streptococcus is an unusual complication of varicellae in children. We report the first case of group A streptococcus bacteraemia complicated by multifocal osteomyelitis in an adult.

MeSH Terms

Anti-Bacterial Agents Bacteremia/complications,diagnosis,drug therapy Drug Therapy, Combination/therapeutic use Follow-Up Studies Humans Immunocompetence Male Middle Aged Osteomyelitis/complications,drug therapy,microbiology Risk Assessment Severity of Illness Index Streptococcal Infections/complications,diagnosis,drug therapy Streptococcus pyogenes/isolation & purification Treatment Outcome

Chemicals

Anti-Bacterial Agents

Authors & Affiliations

4 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID

Akesson Per

Department of Medical Microbiology, Dermatology and Infection, Division of Infectious Diseases, Lund University Hospital, SE-221 85 Lund, Sweden.

Linder Adam

Cronqvist Jonas

Christensson Bertil

Article Info

Journal

Scandinavian journal of infectious diseases

Abbr.

Scand J Infect Dis

ISSN

0036-5548

DOI

10.1080/00365540310018824

Published

2004-00-00

Pages

63-5

Language

English

Region

England

NLM ID

0215333

Subset

External Links

PubMed source DOI: 10.1080/00365540310018824 View journal details

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