Septic Arthritis in Childhood
- 1 August 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in American Journal of Diseases of Children
- Vol. 141 (8) , 898-900
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archpedi.1987.04460080084034
Abstract
• Medical records of 111 children discharged with the diagnosis of septic arthritis from 1973 through 1985 were examined; 122 infected joints were identified. Bacteria were isolated from joint fluid of 75 patients and from blood, cerebrospinal fluid, cervix, bone, or wounds of 16. No agent was isolated from 20 patients, of whom eight had been pretreated with antibiotics. The knee and hip were most often affected overall (73/122), although the ankle was as frequently involved withHaemophilus influenzaetype b (6/20). Eighty patients' condition resolved with no sequelae; 18 were unavailable for follow-up. Of the 13 patients with permanent sequelae, ten had had hip joint infections. AlthoughStaphylococcus aureuswas isolated from patients of all ages,H influenzaetype b was the most frequent pathogen in children 6 through 59 months of age. (AJDC1987;141:898-900)This publication has 12 references indexed in Scilit:
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