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Septic arthritis affects weight-bearing joints in three fourths of cases. When the disease occurs in infancy, joint dysfunction may not be apparent until many months later. We located 49 children who had had 50 episodes of septic arthritis from 1 1/2 to 12 years earlier (mean, 4.3 years). Thirteen patients (27%) had sequelae, and in eight (16%), there was impairment of ambulation. Residual damage was more common with hip and ankle involvement than with knee joint disease. Sequelae were equally common after Haemophilus influenzae and Staphylococcus aureus infection. Evaluation at the time of hosiptal discharge correctly identified only four of the 13 children with sequelae, and four others who were normal at follow-up had been thought to have permanent damage at discharge. Children with sequelae tended to have been sick longer before diagnosis, and drainage of pus was delayed.
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PMID:Residual effects of septic arthritis in infancy and childhood. 98 90

Septic arthritis is a synovial infection of bacterial origin. Such a diagnosis, suggested by pain and diminished resistance to infection, should be confirmed by puncture of the joint effusion. The condition calls for emergency hospitalisation and treatment in a surgical unit. Treatment should include draining and cleaning of the joint, immobilization at least in the early stages, and double parenteral antibiotic administration. Clinical, radiological and laboratory follow-up (CRP and ESR) should be pursued. Detection of the responsible germ is often difficult and requires great care in sampling and analysis. The frequency of Haemophilus in children under 4 years of age requires adaptation of antibiotic therapy. In newborns, diagnosis is often difficult and delayed, explaining the frequency of sequelae in this age group. The only important prognostic factor is the interval before beginning treatment.
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PMID:[Septic arthritis in children]. 785 26

Septic arthritis with Haemophilus influenzae is infrequent in adults and often associated with an extra-articular septic focus. We report the case of a septic arthritis caused by H. influenzae in an elderly (89-year-old) female patient in whom an transoesophageal echocardiogram showed an aortic valve endocarditis.
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PMID:Septic arthritis caused by Haemophilus influenzae associated with endocarditis. 977 21

Septic arthritis is a serious pyogenic infection that may lead to permanent orthopedic sequelae. Infants represent the most of the cases. It usually develops as a result of bacterial seeding into the capillary-rich synovium in the course of a bacteremic episode. Etiology changes according to different ages; in children after the neonatal period but younger than 24 months, Haemophilus influenzae is the most frequent causative organism. A case of sepsis due to Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) with septic arthritis in a patient 3 months old, is reported. The child was admitted to the hospital with a very high temperature (39 degrees C) for five days. His right wrist and ankle appeared swelling and hyperemic. He was affected by congenital cardiopathy from birth. He was not immunizated against Hib. The blood colture was positive for Hib. The leukocyte count was 21,400 cell/mm3 with 55% of polymorphonuclear cells. During the second day of recovery, the patient was transfused, because of the very low value of hemoglobin (5.2 g/dl). The child was treated with netilmycina and ceftriaxone for 15 days. The temperature fell in two days. The articular pathology resolved in nearly ten days. The case reported confirms the importance of septic arthritis as a pathology that necessarily requires an early diagnosis and treatment. The Haemophilus influenzae vaccine, is recommended especially in immunocompromised or cardiopathic subjects and before the age of 2 years.
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PMID:[Sepsis caused by Haemophilus influenzae type B with septic arthritis in an infant]. 984 17

Septic arthritis of the hand and wrist is relatively uncommon. The most common cause is penetrating trauma such as a human or animal bite. The most common causative organism is Staphylococcus aureus. Septic arthritis caused by Streptococcal species. Haemophilus influenzae, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Serratia species, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Pasteurella multocida, Eikenella corrodens, and Mycobacterium marinum also may occur in specific clinical settings. The best clinical results occur following an accurate diagnosis, prompt surgical drainage, and debridement in concert with appropriate antibiotics and early postoperative range of motion. A delay in diagnosis or treatment is associated with an unsatisfactory outcome.
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PMID:Septic arthritis of the hand and wrist. 988 96

This retrospective study investigated the causative pathogens, complications, and outcome of 58 children who were hospitalized for septic arthritis at a tertiary care hospital in southern Taiwan from July 1988 to December 2000. The mean age was 3 years (range, 12 days-16 years). The males/females ratio was 1.2:1. Ninety percent of the cases involved lower extremities (knee, hip, and ankle) with the hip being the most common site of infection (54%). Joint pain (81%) was the most common clinical presentation, followed by fever (74%), local warmness and swelling (72%), and limitation of motion (64%). Erythrocyte sedimentation rate was elevated (> or = 20 mm/h) initially in 89% of the cases. The predominant causative organism was Staphylococcus aureus (43%, 25/58), 6 isolates of which were methicillin-resistant, followed by coagulase-negative Streptococcus (6), Streptococcus pneumoniae (3), Salmonella spp. (3), Haemophilus influenzae type b (2), and group B Streptococcus (2). The concomitant complications of septic arthritis were sepsis (9%, 5/58) and meningitis (2%, 1/58). Ten patients had sequelae, including limitation of motion (6), limping gait (2), limb-length discrepancy (1), and abnormalities of bone growth (1). This study found that S. aureus was the most common infecting microorganism in septic arthritis in children. Septic arthritis with concomitant osteomyelitis and infection due to methicillin-resistant S. aureus was associated with a significantly increased risk of sequelae (relative risk, 46.4, 95% CI, 2.9-748.8; relative risk, 16. 2, 95% CI, 1.3-204.9, respectively).
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PMID:Septic arthritis in children: relationship of causative pathogens, complications, and outcome. 1274 32

Arthritis caused by infectious agents can be secondary to direct invasion of the joint space or to immune mechanisms (subsequent to or concomitant to an infection). Septic arthritis refers to a situation when bacteria can be cultured in synovial fluid. Arthritis can complicate for example meningococcemia or infection by Neisseria gonorrhoeae or Haemophilus influenzae. Reactive (postinfectious) arthritides are an important diagnostic category within a pediatric rheumatology practice. Yersinia and, less frequently, Salmonella, play an important role in postdiarrheal disorders. The arthritis that can ensue is usually oligoarticular and occurs 1-2 weeks after the enteric infection. Reiter's syndrome, rare in the pediatric age, is characterized by the triad urethritis-conjunctivitis-arthritis. Postviral arthritides can occur after a variety of viral infections, including Parvovirus B19, rubella, and others (e.g. hepatitis B, Epstein-Barr virus, chickenpox, mumps). Especially in patients with acute arthritis, the presence of preceding infections should always be investigated. Although the majority of postinfectious arthritides are self-limiting in nature and do not require specific treatment, conditions such as Lyme borreliosis and rheumatic fever can be associated with significant morbidity, and sometimes can be even lethal.
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PMID:[Arthritis and infections]. 1617 97

The aim of this study is to report the pathogens which were found most frequently to be responsible for osteo-articular infections in infants and children in Belgium, and to propose an appropriate empirical antibiotic therapy applicable before identification of the responsible pathogen. Clinical presentation, imaging and blood biology are also reviewed and analysed. Fifty-six cases of osteo-articular infections (acute/subacute osteomyelitis, osteo-arthritis, septic arthritis, spondylodiscitis, sacro-iliitis) treated between 2001 and 2007 were retrospectively reviewed, focusing on clinical, biological, microbiological and radiological data. Septic arthritis, acute osteomyelitis, septic osteoarthritis and sacro-iliitis often have a loud clinical (fever, pain, inflammatory signs) and biological presentation. Subacute osteomyelitis and spondylodiscitis are almost asymptomatic, but for functional impairment. The responsible pathogen was isolated in 38% of the cases. The most frequent pathogen was Staphylococcus Aureus, followed by Pneumococcus, Streptococcus A and B, Kingella Kingae, and Haemophilus. None of them were resistant to usual antibiotics. Functional impairment is the only constant symptom of osteo-articular infections. Other clinical and biological symptoms may be absent, making diagnosis often difficult. We recommend oxacillin (> 5 years) or a combination of oxacillin with cefotaxime (< 5 years) in the empirical treatment of osteo-articular infection, and a total of 4 weeks of treatment.
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PMID:Osteoarticular infections in Belgian children: a survey of clinical, biological, radiological and microbiological data. 1868 65

Ankylosis of the temporomandibular joint (TMJ) can be a result of several causes such as trauma, degenerative changes, infection, and space-occupying lesion. When occurring during early childhood, it can result in severe functional disability and facial deformity. Septic arthritis is an uncommon disease associated with systemic and local factors being most commonly caused by Staphylococcus aureus, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, and Haemophilus influenzae. This paper presents two unusual cases of TMJ ankylosis following neonatal infections treated surgically and does a literature review about the topic.
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PMID:TMJ ankylosis after neonatal septic arthritis: literature review and two case reports. 2036 68

Septic arthritis of the temporomandibular joint is a rare acute infectious disease that requires attention from physicians and, once misdiagnosed, can have several implications for a patient. The most common microorganisms related to this disease are Staphylococcus aureus, Neisseria, Haemophilus influenzae, and Streptococcus. The infection of the joint may be caused by a direct spread of a local infection or by hematogenous inoculation from a distant focus. General predisposing factors, such as immunodepression, can eventually be found. The aim of the current study was to report a case in which a patient with an articular infection resulting from hematogenous dissemination from a distant site was successfully treated using joint drainage and systemic antibiotics. Secretion culture from the temporomandibular joint space was positive for S. aureus. After 1 month of antimicrobial therapy, the patient was asymptomatic and mandibular function was normal. Literature related to this topic was reviewed and discussed.
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PMID:Septic arthritis of the temporomandibular joint. 2314 4


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