Group A Streptococcal Suppurative Arthritis and Osteomyelitis of the Shoulder With Brachial Plexus Palsy in a Newborn

Alexa Dierig; Nicole Ritz; Uta Tacke; Ulrich Heininger

doi:10.1097/INF.0000000000001255

Group A Streptococcal Suppurative Arthritis and Osteomyelitis of the Shoulder With Brachial Plexus Palsy in a Newborn

Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2016 Oct;35(10):1151-3. doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000001255.

Authors

Alexa Dierig¹, Nicole Ritz, Uta Tacke, Ulrich Heininger

Affiliation

¹ From the *Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, †Department of Pediatric Pharmacology, University of Basel Children's Hospital, Basel, Switzerland; ‡Department of Pediatrics, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia; and §Department of Neuropediatrics, University of Basel Children's Hospital, Basel, Switzerland.

PMID: 27622687
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0000000000001255

Abstract

Osteoarticular infections in the newborn period are rare. A serious complication is paralysis of the affected extremity resulting from either pain or direct involvement of the nerve. We report a newborn with combined osteomyelitis and suppurative arthritis caused by Streptococcus pyogenes presenting with right brachial plexus palsy.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
Arthritis, Infectious*
Brachial Plexus Neuropathies*
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Male
Osteomyelitis*
Penicillin G / therapeutic use
Shoulder* / diagnostic imaging
Shoulder* / pathology
Shoulder* / physiopathology
Streptococcal Infections*
Streptococcus pyogenes*

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Penicillin G