TY - JOUR
T1 - Group B Streptococcal Osteomyelitis and Septic Arthritis
T2 - Its Occurrence in Infants Less Than 2 Months Old
AU - Memon, Iqbal A.
AU - Jacobs, Norman M.
AU - Yeh, Tsu F.
AU - Lilien, Lawrence D.
PY - 1979/1/1
Y1 - 1979/1/1
N2 - Nine infants less than 2 months of age with group B streptococcal (GBS) osteomyelitis or septic arthritis, or both, were seen from January 1975 through January 1978. The infants had local joint signs, usually in the absence of systemic signs. The bones and joints involved were equally distributed between proximal humerus and proximal and distal femur. An infant had involvement of the talus. Treatment consisted of two to three weeks of parenteral antibiotics, arthrotomy in infants with arthritis, and bone decompression in infants with osteomyelitis. Clinical follow-up showed normal growth and function of the affected joint. Of the organisms, five were typed: four were type III and one was type lb. Group B streptococcal osteomyelitis and/or septic arthritis was the second most common late-onset GBS infection, being surpassed only by meningitis. (Am J Dis Child 133:921-923, 1979.
AB - Nine infants less than 2 months of age with group B streptococcal (GBS) osteomyelitis or septic arthritis, or both, were seen from January 1975 through January 1978. The infants had local joint signs, usually in the absence of systemic signs. The bones and joints involved were equally distributed between proximal humerus and proximal and distal femur. An infant had involvement of the talus. Treatment consisted of two to three weeks of parenteral antibiotics, arthrotomy in infants with arthritis, and bone decompression in infants with osteomyelitis. Clinical follow-up showed normal growth and function of the affected joint. Of the organisms, five were typed: four were type III and one was type lb. Group B streptococcal osteomyelitis and/or septic arthritis was the second most common late-onset GBS infection, being surpassed only by meningitis. (Am J Dis Child 133:921-923, 1979.
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U2 - 10.1001/archpedi.1979.02130090049009
DO - 10.1001/archpedi.1979.02130090049009
M3 - Article
C2 - 382837
AN - SCOPUS:0018628243
SN - 0096-8994
VL - 133
SP - 921
EP - 923
JO - American Journal of Diseases of Children
JF - American Journal of Diseases of Children
IS - 9
ER -