An unusual cause of tenosynovitis by group B streptococcus in the immunocompromised patient: a case report

• Main Authors: Muthanna, Abdulrahman, Aziz, Nur Afiza, Mohd Desa, Mohd Nasir, Dzaraly, Nurul Diana, Zainal Baharin, Nurul Hana, Azmai, Mohammad Noor Amal, Nordin, Syafinaz Amin
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universiti Putra Malaysia Press 2022
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/98169/1/17%20JST-3378-2021.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/98169/; http://www.pertanika.upm.edu.my/pjst/browse/regular-issue?article=JST-3378-2021

This case report describes a 49-year-old immunocompromised woman with tenosynovitis of the left middle finger caused by Group B Streptococcus (GBS). She claimed that a fishbone picked over her left middle finger. An orthopaedic surgeon operated for incision and drainage of pus discharge, wound debri...