Bilateral Acromioclavicular Septic Arthritis as an Initial Presentation of Streptococcus pneumoniae Endocarditis

Joint Authors

Hashemi-Sadraei, Neda
Machicado, Jorge D.
Govindu, Rukma
Gupta, Rohan

Source

Case Reports in Infectious Diseases

Issue

Vol. 2014, Issue 2014 (31 Dec. 2014), pp.1-5, 5 p.

Publisher

Hindawi Publishing Corporation

Publication Date

2014-06-01

Country of Publication

Egypt

No. of Pages

5

Main Subjects

Diseases

Abstract EN

Infective endocarditis (IE) is infrequently associated with septic arthritis.

Moreover, septic arthritis of the acromioclavicular (AC) joint is rarely reported in the literature.

We report a case of Streptococcus pneumoniae IE in a patient who presented with bilateral AC joint septic arthritis and we review the literature on the topic.

American Psychological Association (APA)

Hashemi-Sadraei, Neda& Gupta, Rohan& Machicado, Jorge D.& Govindu, Rukma. 2014. Bilateral Acromioclavicular Septic Arthritis as an Initial Presentation of Streptococcus pneumoniae Endocarditis. Case Reports in Infectious Diseases،Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-5.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)

Hashemi-Sadraei, Neda…[et al.]. Bilateral Acromioclavicular Septic Arthritis as an Initial Presentation of Streptococcus pneumoniae Endocarditis. Case Reports in Infectious Diseases No. 2014 (2014), pp.1-5.
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American Medical Association (AMA)

Hashemi-Sadraei, Neda& Gupta, Rohan& Machicado, Jorge D.& Govindu, Rukma. Bilateral Acromioclavicular Septic Arthritis as an Initial Presentation of Streptococcus pneumoniae Endocarditis. Case Reports in Infectious Diseases. 2014. Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-462620

Data Type

Journal Articles

Language

English

Notes

Includes bibliographical references

Record ID

BIM-462620