Bilateral Knee Septic Arthritis in a Seven-Month-Old Girl

Septic arthritis (SA) is a type of joint inflammation caused by an infection. It is an orthopedic emergency that requires immediate treatment to avoid serious complications such as joint destruction, osteomyelitis, and sepsis. We present a case of bilateral knee SA in a seven-month-old female who pr...

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Autores principales: Boeisa, Ahmad N, AL Khalaf, Ali
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
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Pediatrics
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10170295/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37182000
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.37354
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description Septic arthritis (SA) is a type of joint inflammation caused by an infection. It is an orthopedic emergency that requires immediate treatment to avoid serious complications such as joint destruction, osteomyelitis, and sepsis. We present a case of bilateral knee SA in a seven-month-old female who presented to our emergency department with left knee SA, followed by right knee SA one month later.
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spelling pubmed-101702952023-05-11 Bilateral Knee Septic Arthritis in a Seven-Month-Old Girl Boeisa, Ahmad N AL Khalaf, Ali Cureus Pediatrics Septic arthritis (SA) is a type of joint inflammation caused by an infection. It is an orthopedic emergency that requires immediate treatment to avoid serious complications such as joint destruction, osteomyelitis, and sepsis. We present a case of bilateral knee SA in a seven-month-old female who presented to our emergency department with left knee SA, followed by right knee SA one month later. Cureus 2023-04-10 /pmc/articles/PMC10170295/ /pubmed/37182000 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.37354 Text en Copyright © 2023, Boeisa et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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title_short Bilateral Knee Septic Arthritis in a Seven-Month-Old Girl
title_sort bilateral knee septic arthritis in a seven-month-old girl
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