OPPORTUNISTIC GROUP-G STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION OF BOTH PROSTHETIC KNEEJOINTS

Authors
DOUGALL HT LAING RBS SMITH CC
Citation
Ht. Dougall et al., OPPORTUNISTIC GROUP-G STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION OF BOTH PROSTHETIC KNEEJOINTS, Scottish Medical Journal, 42(2), 1997, pp. 46-46
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
Scottish Medical Journal → ACNP
ISSN journal
00369330
Volume
42
Issue
2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
46 - 46
Database
ISI
SICI code
0036-9330(1997)42:2<46:OGSIOB>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
A case of polyarticular sepsis from group G streptococcus is described in a patient with rheumatoid disease and decubitus ulcers. This is a rare condition which is often associated with a mosaic of predisposing factors and requires prompt and aggressive antimicrobial therapy.