PMID: 9556703Apr 29, 1998Paper

Bacterial arthritis due to beta-hemolytic streptococci of serogroups A, B, C, F, and G. Analysis of 23 cases and a review of the literature

Medicine
A Schattner, K L Vosti

Abstract

The clinical features, essential laboratory findings, management, and outcome of all 23 cases of septic arthritis caused by different serogroups of beta-hemolytic streptococcus (BHS) seen at the Stanford Medical Center, Stanford, CA, from July 1, 1985, through October 31, 1996, were reviewed and compared to those found in the literature. Group A streptococci (GAS) accounted for 9 (40%) of our cases; group B (GBS), for 7 (30%); and Group G (GGS), for 7 (30%). No cases were caused by Group C (GCS) or F (GFS) during this period. During the same period, GAS accounted for 66 (33%) of 200 cases of bacteremia due to BHS, GBS, for 98 (49%); GCS, for 12 (6%); GFS, for 4 (2%); and GGS, for 20 (10%). A review of potential risk factors revealed that, with the exception of GGS, male and female patients were almost equally distributed among each of the serogroups. Patients aged 50 years and older comprised 56%-77% of each group. Associated conditions and risk factors were present among most patients (19/23, 83%); autoimmune diseases and a chronic skin wound or trauma were notably present among patients with GAS, while diabetes mellitus and malignancy were more common among patients with GBS. Infected prosthetic implants were present in 7 pat...Continue Reading

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