Bilateral Acromioclavicular Septic Arthritis as an Initial Presentation ofStreptococcus pneumoniaeEndocarditis | Zendy

Neda HashemiSadraei | Zendy; Rohan Gupta | Zendy; Jorge D. Machicado | Zendy; Rukma Govindu | Zendy

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Bilateral Acromioclavicular Septic Arthritis as an Initial Presentation ofStreptococcus pneumoniaeEndocarditis

Author(s) -

Neda HashemiSadraei,

Rohan Gupta,

Jorge D. Machicado,

Rukma Govindu

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

case reports in infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2090-6625

pISSN - 2090-6633

DOI - 10.1155/2014/313056

Subject(s) - medicine , septic arthritis , streptococcus pneumoniae , arthritis , endocarditis , infective endocarditis , acromioclavicular joint , surgery , microbiology and biotechnology , antibiotics , biology

Infective endocarditis (IE) is infrequently associated with septic arthritis. Moreover, septic arthritis of the acromioclavicular (AC) joint is rarely reported in the literature. We report a case of Streptococcus pneumoniae IE in a patient who presented with bilateral AC joint septic arthritis and we review the literature on the topic.

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