Group B streptococcal arthritis.

Recent data suggest that group B streptococcal arthritis is being increasingly diagnosed. We retrospectively reviewed the records of patients admitted to our Teaching Hospital Rheumatology Department for septic arthritis between May 2000 and May 2004 and we reviewed the relevant literature to determine the characteristics of group B streptococcal arthritis. We compared age, hospital stay duration, and number of joints involved in the patients with group B streptococcal arthritis and in those with septic arthritis due to other organisms.