Pneumococcal vertebral osteomyelitis presenting with an aseptic knee effusion in a child

Clin Exp Rheumatol. 1988 Jul-Sep;6(3):325-8.

Abstract

An 11 year-old girl developed a sterile knee effusion in association with vertebral osteomyelitis. Blood cultures grew Streptococcus Pneumoniae. Sterile joint effusions and vertebral osteomyelitis are both rare complications of pneumococcal infection although this organism is a frequent cause of bacteremia in childhood.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Arthritis, Infectious / etiology*
  • Child
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Knee Joint*
  • Lumbar Vertebrae
  • Osteomyelitis / etiology*
  • Pneumococcal Infections*
  • Sepsis / etiology*
  • Spinal Diseases / etiology*
  • Streptococcus pneumoniae