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...