Bursitis and tenosynovitis caused by group G streptococci.
Two cases of extraarticular Group G streptococcal infection are reported: one patient suffered from tenosynovitis of the extensor digitorum communis tendons of a wrist and the other from a prepatellar bursitis. In both cases penicillin therapy rapidly cleared all signs of infection.
D000328:Adult; D002062:Bursitis / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007719:Knee Joint; D013290:Streptococcal Infections; D013717:Tenosynovitis / Q000209:etiology*