Osteoarticular infections at pneumococcal are rare, potentially serious and remain under diagnosed. They represent 3 at 10% of the arthritis septic in the literature. 190 cases have been published of 1965 at 2003. They represent 0.3% at 0.6% of the bacteraemia at Streptococcus peumoniae.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
33
description of the osteoarticular infection with Streptococcus peumoniae
Hospices Civils de Lyon
Lyon, France
Description and rate of bone or joint infection with S. pneumoniae
Description of the type of infection due to S. pneumoniae : patients and type of implant, profile of the bacterium associated in the infection, medical and chirurgical treatment
Time frame: Outcome is measured at the end of follow-up (usually between 12 and 24 months after antibiotic therapy disruption
Rate of Treatment Failure
Treatment failure is defined by local clinical and/or microbiological relapse; and/or need for additional surgery; death of septic origin
Time frame: Outcome is measured at the end of follow-up (usually between 12 and 24 months after antibiotic therapy disruption
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