title: Group B beta-hemolytic streptococcal osteomyelitis of the heel. A case report.
abstract: Staphylococcus aureus is the most frequently reported, though not the only, causative organism in children who have osteomyelitis. In an 11-year-old child with osteomyelitis of the calcaneus, the etiologic agent was identified as a Group B beta-hemolytic streptococcal organism. This organism seems not to have been previously reported as the cause of osteomyelitis in the heel.
authors.affiliation: Alfred I. duPont Institute, Wilmington, Delaware 19899.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Doberstein
authors.forename: G D
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: MacEwen
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D006365:Heel / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D011859:Radiography; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000382:microbiology; D013292:Streptococcus agalactiae / Q000302:isolation & purification