ArticleClinics (Sao Paulo, Brazil)2016
Septic arthritis of the knee: clinical and laboratory comparison of groups with different etiologies.
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- Comparison of the results of medical approach and surgical approach of septic arthritis in native joints: a single-center retrospective study.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2024Article
- Arthroscopy or arthrotomy for native knee septic arthritis: A systematic review.Journal of experimental orthopaedics · 2024Article
- S. AUREUS IS ASSOCIATED WITH A GREATER NEED FOR REOPERATION IN SEPTIC ARTHRITIS OF THE KNEE.Acta ortopedica brasileira · 2023Article
- Septic arthritis following joint injections: a 17 years retrospective study in an Academic General Hospital.Acta bio-medica : Atenei Parmensis · 2022Article
- [Management of joint empyema].Der Unfallchirurg · 2022Review
- Culture-negative chronic hematogenous osteomyelitis in a two months old girl: a case report.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2021Article
- Septic arthritis caused byBMJ case reports · 2020Article
- Knee septic arthritis caused by α-hemolytic Streptococcus in a patient with a recent history of knee arthroscopy: a case report.BMC infectious diseases · 2019Article
- Retrospective Analysis of Septic Arthritis Caused by Intra-Articular Viscosupplementation and Steroid Injections in a Single Outpatient Center.Journal of clinical medicine research · 2019Article
- Risk Factors for Reoperation Following Native Septic Arthritis.Journal of global infectious diseasesArticle
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Abstract
objectives: To clinically and epidemiologically characterize a population diagnosed with and treated for septic arthritis of the knee, to evaluate the treatment results and to analyze the differences between patients with positive and negative culture results, patients with Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacterial isolates and patients with S. aureus- and non-S. aureus-related infections.
methods: One hundred and five patients with septic knee arthritis were included in this study. The clinical and epidemiological data were evaluated. Statistical analysis was performed to compare patients with and without an isolated causative agent, patients with Gram-positive and Gram-negative pathogens and patients with S. aureus-related and non S. aureus-related infections.
results: Causative agents were isolated in 81 patients. Gram-positive bacteria were isolated in 65 patients and Gram-negative bacteria were isolated in 16 patients. The most commonly isolated bacterium was S. aureus. Comparing cases with an isolated pathogen to cases without an isolated pathogen, no differences between the studied variables were found except for the longer hospital stays of patients in whom an etiological agent was identified. When comparing Gram-positive bacteria with Gram-negative bacteria, patients with Gram-positive-related infections exhibited higher leukocyte counts. Patients with S. aureus-related infections were more frequently associated with healthcare-related environmental encounters.
conclusion: S. aureus is the most common pathogen of septic knee arthritis. Major differences were not observed between infections with isolated and non-isolated pathogens and between infections with Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria. S. aureus infections were more likely to be associated with a prior healthcare environment exposure.
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