SEPTIC ARTHRITIS DUE TO STREPTOCOCCUS-PNEUMONIAE - REPORT OF 2 CASES OF UNUSUAL LOCATION

Arthritis by S. pneumoniae, although no frequent, is a well-known dise ase in patients with underlying diseases and in which they complaint p revious articular disease, In the present article 2 cases of location in shoulder and sacroiliac joints are described respectively in a woma n with multiple myeloma and an esplenectomizaded man, associations non described previously in literature, The importance of its suspicion in patients with factors of risk for sepsis by S. pneumoniae is emphasiz ed.