Group A Streptococcal Septic Hip Arthritis in a Child With Spastic Triplegic Cerebral Palsy

Reports of septic hip arthritis in children with cerebral palsy are exceedingly rare. This case report describes a 10-year-old boy with spastic triplegic cerebral palsy (Gross Motor Functional Classification System), who presented with fever and irritability. This case highlights the difficulties in...

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Autores principales: Singh, Supriya, Davidson, Jacob, Carey, Timothy, Barton Forbes, Michelle, Cashin, Megan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer 2021
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8345911/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34351876
http://dx.doi.org/10.5435/JAAOSGlobal-D-20-00228
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author Singh, Supriya
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description Reports of septic hip arthritis in children with cerebral palsy are exceedingly rare. This case report describes a 10-year-old boy with spastic triplegic cerebral palsy (Gross Motor Functional Classification System), who presented with fever and irritability. This case highlights the difficulties in diagnosing septic joint arthritis in patients with cerebral palsy who are nonverbal and have limited mobility. A high index of suspicion is necessary in this population when presented with fever and new limitations in mobility.
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spelling pubmed-83459112021-08-09 Group A Streptococcal Septic Hip Arthritis in a Child With Spastic Triplegic Cerebral Palsy Singh, Supriya Davidson, Jacob Carey, Timothy Barton Forbes, Michelle Cashin, Megan J Am Acad Orthop Surg Glob Res Rev Case Report Reports of septic hip arthritis in children with cerebral palsy are exceedingly rare. This case report describes a 10-year-old boy with spastic triplegic cerebral palsy (Gross Motor Functional Classification System), who presented with fever and irritability. This case highlights the difficulties in diagnosing septic joint arthritis in patients with cerebral palsy who are nonverbal and have limited mobility. A high index of suspicion is necessary in this population when presented with fever and new limitations in mobility. Wolters Kluwer 2021-08-05 /pmc/articles/PMC8345911/ /pubmed/34351876 http://dx.doi.org/10.5435/JAAOSGlobal-D-20-00228 Text en Copyright © 2021 The Authors. Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. on behalf of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0 (CCBY) (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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