Streptococcal osteomyelitis associated with varicella virus infection: a case report and review of the literature.
A case in a child with varicella associated with osteomyelitis caused by Streptococcus hemolyticus group B is reported. The complication of bacterial osteomyelitis in varicella is rare, and only three cases have been reported in the English literature.
D002644:Chickenpox; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005269:Femur / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D011859:Radiography; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000209:etiology*; D013292:Streptococcus agalactiae