Manuela Colosimo1, Antonio Corigliano2, Laura Daprai1, Antonella Restelli1, Erminio Torresani1, Olimpio Galasso2. 1. Department od Service, Microbiology Unit, Central Lab, Fondazione IRCCS Cà Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, University of Milan, Via San Barnaba 8, 20122 Milan, Italy. 2. Department of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery, University Magna Graecia, V.le Europa, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: We report a man with septic olecranon bursitis who had an early development of meningitis. CASE SUMMARY: A 74-year-old man presented to the emergency room with malaise, headache, mental confusion, a fever unsuccessfully treated with oral NSAIDs and ice, and with a 10-day history of pain and swelling in his right elbow. Clinical and laboratory evaluation excluded other causes and microbiological evaluation documented a S. agalactiae infection. Antibiotic treatment induced a rapid improvement, without the development of side effects. CONCLUSION: This is the first report on olecranon bursitis and concomitant meningitis related to S. agalactiae infection.
BACKGROUND: We report a man with septic olecranon bursitis who had an early development of meningitis. CASE SUMMARY: A 74-year-old man presented to the emergency room with malaise, headache, mental confusion, a fever unsuccessfully treated with oral NSAIDs and ice, and with a 10-day history of pain and swelling in his right elbow. Clinical and laboratory evaluation excluded other causes and microbiological evaluation documented a S. agalactiae infection. Antibiotic treatment induced a rapid improvement, without the development of side effects. CONCLUSION: This is the first report on olecranon bursitis and concomitant meningitis related to S. agalactiae infection.
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Keywords:
Adult; Streptococcus agalactiae; group b streptococcus; meningitis; septic bursitis