Pneumococcal osteomyelitis. An unusual cluster of cases.
Between 1979 and 1981, 22 children with osteomyelitis and/or septic arthritis were hospitalized at Soroka University Hospital. Streptococcus pneumoniae was cultured in five of the children, four of whom were under 2 years of age. In four other children under 2 years of age, Haemophilus influenzae was cultured. Staphylococcus aureus was identified less frequently in the younger age group. In deciding on initial antibiotic therapy, the possibility of such a bacteriological spectrum should be considered.
D001170:Arthritis, Infectious / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005269:Femur; D006621:Hip Joint; D006801:Humans; D006811:Humerus; D007223:Infant; D007557:Israel; D008297:Male; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D011008:Pneumococcal Infections / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013029:Space-Time Clustering; D013977:Tibia