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43 Infection of the bones and joints

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Dr Philip Bejon and Dr Philipa Matthews contributed to earlier versions of this...

ACUTE OSTEOMYELITIS

ACUTE OSTEOMYELITIS This presents like septic arthritis with a short history of pain, swelling, ...

ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY FOR PROSTHETIC JOINT INFECTI

ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY FOR PROSTHETIC JOINT INFECTION AND FRACTURE-RELATED INFECTION Following sur...

ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY FOR PROSTHETIC JOINT INFECTION AND FRACTURE-RELATED INFECTION

ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY FOR PROSTHETIC JOINT INFECTION AND FRACTURE-RELATED INFECTION Following sur...

Antibiotic therapy

Antibiotic therapy Patients with septic shock, or with rapidly advancing local or systemic signs ...

CHRONIC OSTEOMYELITIS

CHRONIC OSTEOMYELITIS This is a serious condition that may a ff ect the patient for decades. Chr...

Clinical features

Clinical features Most patients present after an acute or subacute history with a single hot, swo...

DIABETIC FOOT INFECTION

DIABETIC FOOT INFECTION The global prevalence of diabetes has increased exponentially in recent ...

Diagnosis

Diagnosis Clinical - Diagnosis is predominantly clinical with confirmation using other tests, as o...

EPIDEMIOLOGY

EPIDEMIOLOGY The pattern of bone infection is changing, and the incidence is increasing. Bone an...

FRACTURE-RELATED INFECTION

FRACTURE-RELATED INFECTION Infection complicates around 3–5% of all fracture fixations. Open tibi...

FURTHER READING

FURTHER READING Coakley G, Mathews C, Field M et al . BSR & BHPR, BOA, RCGP and BSAC guidelines f...

GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF ORTHOPAEDIC INFECTION Pathol

GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF ORTHOPAEDIC INFECTION Pathology Bone infection has all the elements of any...

GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF ORTHOPAEDIC INFECTION Pathology

GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF ORTHOPAEDIC INFECTION Pathology Bone infection has all the elements of any...

Introduction

INTRODUCTION Osteomyelitis is an old disease, identified in dinosaur bones, early hominids and ske...

Learning objectives

Learning objectives To understand: Characteristic features of septic arthritis, acute and • chron...

MUSCULOSKELETAL INFECTION CAUSED BY MYCOBACTERIA

MUSCULOSKELETAL INFECTION CAUSED BY MYCOBACTERIA Tuberculous arthritis/osteomyelitis remains prev...

Management

Management Successful treatment requires accurate diagnosis and a multi - disciplinary approach t...

Microbiology

Microbiology Virulent Gram-positive organisms, particularly Staphylococcus - aureus , are the mos...

NATIVE JOINT SEPTIC ARTHRITIS Epidemiology

NATIVE JOINT SEPTIC ARTHRITIS Epidemiology Bacterial infection of native joints occurs with an e...

PROSTHETIC JOINT INFECTION Epidemiology

PROSTHETIC JOINT INFECTION Epidemiology The incidence of PJI is around 1% per joint per year, wi...