[Pyoarthritis of the knee--caseload of the Hospital das Clínicas da FMUSP 1990-1994 (86 cases)]

E A Pereira; R A Masagão; A Lucia; L M Lima; M M Amatuzzi

[Pyoarthritis of the knee--caseload of the Hospital das Clínicas da FMUSP 1990-1994 (86 cases)]

Rev Hosp Clin Fac Med Sao Paulo. 1995 Nov-Dec;50(6):317-9.

[Article in Portuguese]

Authors

E A Pereira¹, R A Masagão, A Lucia, L M Lima, M M Amatuzzi

Affiliation

¹ Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo.

PMID: 8731252

Abstract

The authors performed a prospective study of 86 patients with septic arthritis of the knee between 1990 e 1994. The age, sex, predisposing factors, time between onset of symptoms and treatment, etiologic organism and their route of entrance in the joint, previous use of antibiotic the data from of treatment, stay at the hospital and complications were evaluated and compared with the literature.

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MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Arthritis, Infectious* / diagnosis
Arthritis, Infectious* / therapy
Bacterial Infections* / diagnosis
Bacterial Infections* / therapy
Child
Child, Preschool
Female
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Knee Joint*
Male
Middle Aged
Retrospective Studies
Suppuration
Time Factors