Bilateral Acromioclavicular Septic Arthritis as an Initial Presentation of Streptococcus pneumoniae Endocarditis
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 w...
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| author | Neda Hashemi-Sadraei Rohan Gupta Jorge D. Machicado Rukma Govindu |
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| description | 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. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-607bf47d584b48cc808e74f743f2fea42025-02-03T01:22:54ZengWileyCase Reports in Infectious Diseases2090-66252090-66332014-01-01201410.1155/2014/313056313056Bilateral Acromioclavicular Septic Arthritis as an Initial Presentation of Streptococcus pneumoniae EndocarditisNeda Hashemi-Sadraei0Rohan Gupta1Jorge D. Machicado2Rukma Govindu3Department of Internal Medicine, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, 6431 Fannin Street, MSB 1.134, Houston, TX 77030, USADepartment of Internal Medicine, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, 6431 Fannin Street, MSB 1.134, Houston, TX 77030, USADepartment of Internal Medicine, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, 6431 Fannin Street, MSB 1.134, Houston, TX 77030, USADepartment of Internal Medicine, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, 6431 Fannin Street, MSB 1.134, Houston, TX 77030, USAInfective 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.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/313056 |
| spellingShingle | Neda Hashemi-Sadraei Rohan Gupta Jorge D. Machicado Rukma Govindu Bilateral Acromioclavicular Septic Arthritis as an Initial Presentation of Streptococcus pneumoniae Endocarditis Case Reports in Infectious Diseases |
| title | Bilateral Acromioclavicular Septic Arthritis as an Initial Presentation of Streptococcus pneumoniae Endocarditis |
| title_full | Bilateral Acromioclavicular Septic Arthritis as an Initial Presentation of Streptococcus pneumoniae Endocarditis |
| title_fullStr | Bilateral Acromioclavicular Septic Arthritis as an Initial Presentation of Streptococcus pneumoniae Endocarditis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Bilateral Acromioclavicular Septic Arthritis as an Initial Presentation of Streptococcus pneumoniae Endocarditis |
| title_short | Bilateral Acromioclavicular Septic Arthritis as an Initial Presentation of Streptococcus pneumoniae Endocarditis |
| title_sort | bilateral acromioclavicular septic arthritis as an initial presentation of streptococcus pneumoniae endocarditis |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/313056 |
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