RT Book, Section
A1 Yagupsky, Pablo
A2 Shah, Samir S.
A2 Kemper, Alex R.
A2 Ratner, Adam J.
SR Print(0)
ID 1157322948
T1 Septic Arthritis
T2 Pediatric Infectious Diseases: Essentials for Practice, 2e
YR 2019
FD 2019
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781259861536
LK accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1157322948
RD 2024/09/07
AB Septic,  pyogenic,  and  suppurative  arthritis  are  the  terms  describing  inflammation  of  the  joint  space  caused  by  bacteria  or  fungi.  Septic  arthritis  is  more  common  in  childhood  than  in  any  other  period  of  life,  and  more  than  half  of  all  cases  are  diagnosed  in  individuals  younger  than  20  years  of  age.  Since  pediatric  septic  arthritis  usually  has  a  hematogenous  origin,  the  age  distribution  of  patients  with  joint  infection  is  markedly  skewed,  reflecting  the  increased  attack  rate  of  bacteremia  in  early  childhood.  In  a  series  of  725  pediatric  patients  with  joint  infections,  52%  of  the  children  were  younger  than  2  years,  25%  were  aged  2–5  years,  15%  were  6–10  years  old,  and  the  remaining  6%  were  aged  11–15  years.1