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Volume 31, Number 1—January 2025
CME ACTIVITY - Synopsis

Pneumococcal Septic Arthritis among Adults, France, 2010–2018

Farida HamdadComments to Author , Nadim El Bayeh, Gabriel Auger, Olivia Peuchant, Frédéric Wallet, Raymond Ruimy, Florence Reibel, Christian Martin, Marie-Cécile Ploy, Frédéric Robin, Chrislène Laurens, Philippe Lanotte, Marie Kempf, Jennifer Tetu, Hélène Revillet, Isabelle Patry, Philippe Cailloux, Mélissa Azouaou, Emmanuelle Varon, Pierre Duhaut, Alain Lozniewski, and Vincent Cattoir
Author affiliation: Université de Picardie Jules Verne, Amiens, France (F. Hamdad, N. El Bayeh, P. Duhaut); Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Brabois-Nancy, Nancy, France (F. Hamdad, P. Cailloux, A. Lozniewski); Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Amiens-Picardie, Amiens (N. El Bayeh, P. Duhaut); Centre Hospitalier Universitaire CHU de Rennes, Rennes, France (G. Auger, V. Cattoir); Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France (O. Peuchant); Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Lille, Lille, France (F. Wallet); Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice, Nice, France (R. Ruimy); Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Henri Mondor, Créteil, France (F. Reibel); Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Limoges, Limoges, France (C. Martin, M.C. Ploy); Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Clermont Ferrand, Clermont Ferrand, France (F. Robin); Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Montpellier, Montpellier, France (C. Laurens); Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Tours, Tours, France (P. Lanotte); Centre Hospitalier Universitaire d’Angers, Angers, France (M. Kempf); Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Dijon, Dijon, France (J. Tetu); Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Toulouse, Toulouse, France (H. Revillet); Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Besançon, Besançon, France (I. Patry); Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal de Créteil, Créteil, France (M. Azouaou, E. Varon)

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Table 3

Characteristics of patients with pneumococcal septic arthritis, by age, France, 2010–2018*

Characteristic No. patients/no. with available data (%)
 p value
Age >65 y, n = 52 Age <65 y, n = 58
Underlying condition(s) 39/102 (38.2) 44/102 (43.2) 0.2
Multiple-joint infection 3/16 (18.75) 13/16 (81.25) 0.018
Prosthesis 18/28 (64.3) 10/28 (35.7) 0.06
Bacteremia 31/55 (56.4) 24/55 (43.6) 0.03
Penicillin-nonsusceptible pneumococcus
20/32 (62.5)
 12/32 (37.5)
 0.06
Serotype
PCV13 + PPV23 17/34 (50) 17/34 (50) 0.3
Non-PCV13, non-PPV23
8/21 (38)
 13/21 (62)
Death 5/8 (62.5) 3/8 (37.5) 0.27

*Boldface indicates statical significance (p<0.05). PCV13,13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine; PPV23, 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine.

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