A rare case of extensive Staphylococcus aureus sternoclavicular septic arthritis treated without surgical intervention

This is a rare case of a 55 year-old immunocompetent female who developed Methicillin sensitive Staphylococcus aureus sternoclavicular septic arthritis. The infection was not limited to the joint space but extended into adjacent bones and superior mediastinum. However the patient was successfully tr...

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Autor principal: Doub, James B.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2020
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7753931/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33364169
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2020.e01023
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description This is a rare case of a 55 year-old immunocompetent female who developed Methicillin sensitive Staphylococcus aureus sternoclavicular septic arthritis. The infection was not limited to the joint space but extended into adjacent bones and superior mediastinum. However the patient was successfully treated without surgical intervention and preservation of joint function was obtained with only intravenous antibiotic therapy.
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spelling pubmed-77539312020-12-23 A rare case of extensive Staphylococcus aureus sternoclavicular septic arthritis treated without surgical intervention Doub, James B. IDCases Case Report This is a rare case of a 55 year-old immunocompetent female who developed Methicillin sensitive Staphylococcus aureus sternoclavicular septic arthritis. The infection was not limited to the joint space but extended into adjacent bones and superior mediastinum. However the patient was successfully treated without surgical intervention and preservation of joint function was obtained with only intravenous antibiotic therapy. Elsevier 2020-12-09 /pmc/articles/PMC7753931/ /pubmed/33364169 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2020.e01023 Text en © 2020 The Author(s) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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title A rare case of extensive Staphylococcus aureus sternoclavicular septic arthritis treated without surgical intervention
title_full A rare case of extensive Staphylococcus aureus sternoclavicular septic arthritis treated without surgical intervention
title_fullStr A rare case of extensive Staphylococcus aureus sternoclavicular septic arthritis treated without surgical intervention
title_full_unstemmed A rare case of extensive Staphylococcus aureus sternoclavicular septic arthritis treated without surgical intervention
title_short A rare case of extensive Staphylococcus aureus sternoclavicular septic arthritis treated without surgical intervention
title_sort rare case of extensive staphylococcus aureus sternoclavicular septic arthritis treated without surgical intervention
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7753931/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33364169
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2020.e01023
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