[A case of association of atypical localisations of Streptococcus pneumoniae]

Rev Med Interne. 2004 Apr;25(4):303-5. doi: 10.1016/j.revmed.2003.12.016.
[Article in French]

Abstract

Streptococcus pneumoniae can be responsible for spinal, joints, pulmonary or infrequently cutaneous septic localisations. The association between different septic localisation is extremely rare with this microorganism. We describe the first case of concomitant spinal, joints and cutaneous septic localisations in a critically ill patient with S. pneumoniae septicaemia. This observation illustrates that heterogeneity of clinical features depends on the pathogen characteristic and its interaction with the host.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Critical Illness
  • Humans
  • Joints / microbiology
  • Joints / pathology
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Pneumococcal Infections / pathology*
  • Sepsis / complications*
  • Skin Diseases, Bacterial / microbiology
  • Skin Diseases, Bacterial / pathology
  • Spine / microbiology
  • Spine / pathology
  • Streptococcus pneumoniae / isolation & purification
  • Streptococcus pneumoniae / pathogenicity*