Document 0574
 DOCN  M9590574
 TI    [S. pneumoniae sternoclavicular arthritis in a patient with HIV
       infection]
 DT    9509
 AU    Leon M; Ramos M; Saavedra J; Dominguez A; Ferrer T; Pujol E; Servicio de
       Medicina Interna, Hospital General de Huelva.
 SO    An Med Interna. 1994 Aug;11(8):395-7. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
       MED/95290593
 AB    HIV infection is a predisposing factor for pneumococcic infection. While
       pneumonia is the most frequent location, other locations (articular,
       meningeal, endocardiac, etc) have been less frequently described. Among
       the articular infections described in patients with HIV infection, the
       sternoclavicular affection is extremely rare and it usually develops in
       association with parenterally drug addiction, being Staphylococcus
       aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa the most frequently germs involved. We
       describe the first case of sternoclavicular arthritis by Streptococcus
       pneumoniae in a patient with HIV infection. In our case, the chronic
       hepatopathy associated to alcohol consumption is a predisposing factor
       related to the pneumococcic infection. Our case suggests the need to
       formally investigate the HIV infection in young patients with invasive
       pneumococcic infection.
 DE    Adult  Arthritis, Infectious/COMPLICATIONS/*MICROBIOLOGY  Case Report
       English Abstract  Human  HIV Infections/*COMPLICATIONS  Male
       Pneumococcal Infections/*COMPLICATIONS  *Sternoclavicular Joint  JOURNAL
       ARTICLE

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