ReviewEmergency medicine clinics of North America2018
Musculoskeletal Infections in the Emergency Department.
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- Microbiological Spectrum and Antimicrobial Resistance Patterns in Hand Surgery Infections: A Monocentric Retrospective Study.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Observational
- Predictors and Clinical Outcomes of Ciprofloxacin Resistance in Acute Gram-Negative Osteomyelitis: Insights from a Six-Year Retrospective Study.Infection and drug resistance · 2026Article
- Automated Detection of Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infection Features by Computed Tomography.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Acute phase reactants in the diagnosis of soft tissue infections of the upper extremity.International journal of emergency medicine · 2025Article
- Anti-inflammatory drugs as potential antimicrobial agents: a review.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2025Review
- Challenges and Solutions in Advanced Management of Diabetic Foot Infections: A Review of Recent Studies.Journal of diabetes research · 2025Review
- Imaging of MSK infections in the ER.Skeletal radiology · 2024Review
- Musculoskeletal infections through direct inoculation.Skeletal radiology · 2024Review
- A Case Report of Hematogenous Osteomyelitis of the Manubrium Caused by Seeding from a Colovesicular Fistula.Clinical practice and cases in emergency medicine · 2024Article
- Post-COVID-19 Spondylodiscitis: A Case Study and Review of the Literature.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2023Review
- Spinal epidural abscess in COVID-19 patients.Journal of neurology · 2021Article
- Prosthetic joint infections: diagnosis, management, and complications of the two-stage replacement arthroplasty.Skeletal radiology · 2020Review
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Abstract
Bone and joint infections are potentially limb-threatening or even life-threatening diseases. Emergency physicians must consider infection when evaluating musculoskeletal complaints, as misdiagnosis can have significant consequences. Patients with bone and joint infections can have heterogeneous presentations with nonspecific signs and symptoms. Staphylococcus aureus is the most commonly implicated microorganism. Although diagnosis may be suggested by physical examination, laboratory testing, and imaging, tissue sampling for Gram stain and microbiologic culture is preferable, as pathogen identification and susceptibility testing help optimize long-term antibiotic therapy. A combination of medical and surgical interventions is often necessary to effectively manage these challenging infections.
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