Invasive group G streptococcal infection in a paediatric patient.
Autor: | Bhavsar SM; Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, New York, New York, USA., Shust GF; Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, New York, New York, USA. |
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Jazyk: | angličtina |
Zdroj: | BMJ case reports [BMJ Case Rep] 2016 Dec 19; Vol. 2016. Date of Electronic Publication: 2016 Dec 19. |
DOI: | 10.1136/bcr-2016-217790 |
Abstrakt: | We present a paediatric case of group G streptococcal bacteraemia and vertebral osteomyelitis. The patient is a 14-year-old girl with Gaucher disease type 1 who presented with severe thoracolumbar pain. She was treated with a 4-week course of antibiotics for presumed osteomyelitis with clinical improvement. Competing Interests: Conflicts of Interest: None declared. (2016 BMJ Publishing Group Ltd.) |
Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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