Post-partum septic arthritis of the knee: a case report

INTRODUCTION: Septic arthritis is rare in the post-partum period. This is the first case of a post-partum staphylococcal septic arthritis of the knee reported. CASE PRESENTATION: This report describes a lady who developed symptoms of septic arthritis of the knee within one month of giving birth. CON...

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Autores principales: Patel, Shelain, Trehan, Ravi, Kinmont, Christian
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cases Network Ltd 2009
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Case report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2740212/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19829917
http://dx.doi.org/10.4076/1757-1626-2-7132
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description INTRODUCTION: Septic arthritis is rare in the post-partum period. This is the first case of a post-partum staphylococcal septic arthritis of the knee reported. CASE PRESENTATION: This report describes a lady who developed symptoms of septic arthritis of the knee within one month of giving birth. CONCLUSION: The management of septic arthritis does not differ from standard practice when encountered in the post-partum period. Urgent washout of the joint and antibiotic usage is associated with a favourable outcome.
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spelling pubmed-27402122009-10-14 Post-partum septic arthritis of the knee: a case report Patel, Shelain Trehan, Ravi Kinmont, Christian Cases J Case report INTRODUCTION: Septic arthritis is rare in the post-partum period. This is the first case of a post-partum staphylococcal septic arthritis of the knee reported. CASE PRESENTATION: This report describes a lady who developed symptoms of septic arthritis of the knee within one month of giving birth. CONCLUSION: The management of septic arthritis does not differ from standard practice when encountered in the post-partum period. Urgent washout of the joint and antibiotic usage is associated with a favourable outcome. Cases Network Ltd 2009-06-10 /pmc/articles/PMC2740212/ /pubmed/19829917 http://dx.doi.org/10.4076/1757-1626-2-7132 Text en © 2009 Patel et al.; licensee Cases Network Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_full Post-partum septic arthritis of the knee: a case report
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title_short Post-partum septic arthritis of the knee: a case report
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2740212/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19829917
http://dx.doi.org/10.4076/1757-1626-2-7132
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