Infectious diseases contribute significantly to the disease burden in elderly people. Septic arthritis is an important cause of musculoskeletal infection with high morbidity and mortality arising ...

It most commonly occurs in joints that have previously been damaged by arthritis (thus offering a nice spot for the bacteria to land). In children, septic arthritis sometimes occurs as an extension of ...

Background Septic arthritis (SA) is the most rapidly destructive joint disease ... Joint involvement remained stable with the knee being most commonly affected (51, 47, 48%), followed by shoulder, ...

Background Septic arthritis is a joint inflammation caused by intra-articular and hematogenous infection, most common of which are bacterial pathogens. It has higher incidence in young children ...

Introduction Suspected septic arthritis is a common presentation to EDs. The underlying diagnosis is often non-infective pathology. Differentiating between aetiologies is difficult. A bedside test ...