Group B streptococcus arthritis.
Serious infections with group B streptococcus (streptococcus agalactiae) are rare in adults. A 81-year-old patient with cirrhosis who developed a septic arthritis due to this germ, is described. Only eleven cases of group B streptococcal arthritis have been previously reported.
D000368:Aged; D001170:Arthritis, Infectious / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000150:complications; D012785:Shoulder Joint; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D013292:Streptococcus agalactiae / Q000302:isolation & purification