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A child with isolated Mycobacterium tuberculosis monoarthritis, with features initially suggesting oligoarthritis subtype of juvenile idiopathic arthritis, is presented. This patient illustrates the need to consider the possibility of tuberculosis as the cause of oligoarthritis in high-risk pediatric populations even in the absence of a tuberculosis contact history and without...

McMaster Grand Rounds Presentation

Historically, synovial fluids have been classified as noninflammatory (WBC count 50-1000), inflammatory (WBC count 1000-75,000), septic (WBC count>100,000), or hemorrhagic. However, septic synovial fluid can have cell counts as low as a few thousand early in the infectious process; thus, differentiation of inflammatory and septic joints is not truly possible...

Infective arthritis may represent a direct invasion of joint space by various microorganisms, including bacteria, viruses, mycobacteria, and fungi. Reactive arthritis, a sterile inflammatory process, may be the consequence of an infectious process located elsewhere in the body. Although any infectious agent may cause arthritis, bacterial pathogens are the most...

Septic arthritis is inflammation of a synovial membrane with purulent effusion into the joint capsule, usually due to bacterial infection. This disease entity also is referred to in the literature as bacterial, suppurative, purulent, or infectious arthritis. Septic arthritis is a rather rare but important disease that typically affects monoarticular joints....

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)...

Septic arthritis in infancy and childhood is a true clinical emergency. Delays in the diagnosis and treatment of septic arthritis can result in disastrous complications, including complete destruction of the articular cartilage and the underlying epiphysis, loss of the adjacent growth plate, and dislocation of the joint. With prompt treatment,...

- septic arthritis of the hip is a surgical emergency;
- it is essential that dx be made ASAP to prevent joint damage;
- if any pus is obtained from arthrotomy, then immediate arthrotomy is indicated, regardless of the Graim Stain results;
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See notes on:
- Bursae of the Knee:
- Septic Arthritis:
- Diff Dx:
- referred pain from the hip
- osteochondritis dissecans
- traumatic internal derangement
- distal...