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331. Septic arthritis: when is the joint clean enough?

BACKGROUND: Septic arthritis is an orthopedic emergency that requires debridement. Previous authors reported that patients with inflammatory arthropathy, diabetes, infection with S. aureus, involvement of a large joint, and synovial fluid WBC >85,000 are associated with >1 debridements. The pu...

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Autores principales: Young, Heather, Aragon, Deborah, Miller, Whitney, Iams, Dane, Mauffrey, Cyril
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7776492/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofaa439.527