ReviewSingapore medical journal2022
Epidemiology and outcome of septic arthritis in childhood: a 16-year experience and review of literature.
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- Investigating the correlations among clinical, laboratory, and imaging findings in pediatric patients with osteomyelitis and septic arthritis: a 12-year retrospective study.BMC pediatrics · 2025Article
- Osteomyelitis and Septic Arthritis of the Upper Extremity in Pediatric Patients.Current reviews in musculoskeletal medicine · 2025Review
- Trauma-Induced Clostridium cadaveris Septic Arthritis of the Knee in an Immunocompetent Young Patient: A Case Report.The American journal of case reports · 2024Article
- The use of the ratio of C-reactive protein to albumin for the diagnosis of pediatric septic arthritis.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2023Article
- Mid-Term Outcomes of Cementless Total Hip Arthroplasty in Adult Patients with Childhood Hip Infection.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2021Article
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Abstract
introductionSeptic arthritis (SA) is a devastating infection with a high rate of sequelae. The aim of this retrospective study was to determine the epidemiology, clinically significant sequelae and risk factors for developing these sequelae in children admitted to our hospital with SA.
methodsPatients with bacteriologically and/or radiologically confirmed SA from January 1999 to December 2014 were identified from discharge and laboratory records. Data was collected through a retrospective review of the case notes.
resultsA total of 75 patients (62.7% male) met the inclusion criteria. The median age at presentation was six years (range two weeks to 15 years), and six patients were neonates. Microbiologic aetiology was determined in 40 (53.3%) patients, with Staphylococcus aureus being the most common organism. 68.0% of the patients underwent arthrotomy, and the average hospital stay was 15.3 days. Sequelae of SA were observed in nine patients on follow-up. Univariate and multivariate statistical analyses showed that young age, pyogenic bacterial isolation and concomitant osteomyelitis were significant risk factors for developing sequelae.
conclusionOur study demonstrated that young age, pyogenic bacterial isolation and concomitant osteomyelitis are associated with a high risk of sequelae. Timely microbiologic diagnosis by novel polymerase chain reaction methods and the use of magnetic resonance imaging in high-risk children to identify adjacent infection could possibly prevent lifelong disabling sequelae in SA.
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