Septic Arthritis in New Born Babies

Description: Bombay Hospital Journal Volume 44 No.1, January 2002
JD Jagiasi, S Aiyer, JV Patankar, AB Goregaonkar
Septic Arthritis in newborn Babies is a well-known entity. If not treated at the right time can cause disasters. We present here a series of eight new born babies (six hips, one knee and one shoulder) between age group of 1 week to 3 weeks, these babies didn’t show all the classic signs2 of septic arthritis like fever, leucocytosis, ramification of bone seen on the x-ray. The only finding suggestive of septic arthritis was swelling over the joint and reduced movements of the affected extremity (pseudoparesis), and effusion seen of the involved joint on Ultrasonography.