[Septic arthritis and osteomyelitis as a complication of neonatal intensive care (author's transl)].
In a prematurely born infant of a diabetic mother a purulent arthritis with osteomyelitis of the elbow occurred 18 days after an enterobacter aerogenes-septicemia was proved. Enterobacter (aerobacter) aerogenes is a nosocomial gramnegative germ, that is more and more regarded responsible for infection of the newborn in intensive care units. In accordance with the literature recording a high rate functional loss after septic arthritis also our patient suffered from a mobility deficiency in his right elbow a year after the onset of the disease.
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001168:Arthritis / Q000382:microbiology*; D004754:Enterobacter / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004755:Enterobacteriaceae / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D007235:Infant, Premature, Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D008297:Male; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000382:microbiology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011254:Pregnancy in Diabetics
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents
Septische Arthritis und Osteomyelitis als Komplikation neonataler Intensivpflege.