Septic arthritis in the childhood

Volume: 30 Number: 3 September 11, 2006
  • Mehmet Subasi
  • Dogan Atlihan
  • Yalim Ates
  • Nuri Dindar
  • Gazi Aksoy
  • Hasan Yildirim
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Septic arthritis in the childhood

Abstract

35 patients with the provisional diagnosis of septic arthritis were admitted the 2nd Orthopaedic Clinic of ministry of health Ankara Hospital. 21 patients were male and 14 were female with an average age of 9.1 years (range 5 mo-15 yrs.). Septic arthritis was considered in the hips of 19 patients, in the knees of 12, on the shoulders of 3 and on the elbow of 1. All of the patients were operated on an emergency basis with drainage of pus and application of washout drainage. Wide spectrum antibiotics were administered postoperatively (3 week parenterally, 3 week orally). At the time of admission 94.2% of patients had high sedimentation rate, 60.0% of patients had high leucocyte count. Cultures revealed Staph. aureus in 24 cases, gram (-) bacteria in 6 (Enterobacter cloaca, E. coli, Coliform basil) and no growth in 5 cases. In patient with hip septic arthritis we have observed three femoral head destructions and one septic dislocation. In patients with three septic arthritis of the knee, we postoperatively have found two femoral osteomyelitis. As a result, it was seen that delay in the drainage of joints with septic arthritis caused many complications, early intervention has resulted with 90% success.

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Mehmet Subasi This is me

Dogan Atlihan This is me

Yalim Ates This is me

Nuri Dindar This is me

Gazi Aksoy This is me

Hasan Yildirim This is me

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September 11, 2006

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March 6, 2014

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Year 1996 Volume: 30 Number: 3

APA
Subasi, M., Atlihan, D., Ates, Y., Dindar, N., Aksoy, G., & Yildirim, H. (2006). Septic arthritis in the childhood. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica, 30(3), 273-277. https://doi.org/10.3944/aott.v30i3.1991
AMA
1.Subasi M, Atlihan D, Ates Y, Dindar N, Aksoy G, Yildirim H. Septic arthritis in the childhood. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica. 2006;30(3):273-277. doi:10.3944/aott.v30i3.1991
Chicago
Subasi, Mehmet, Dogan Atlihan, Yalim Ates, Nuri Dindar, Gazi Aksoy, and Hasan Yildirim. 2006. “Septic Arthritis in the Childhood”. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica 30 (3): 273-77. https://doi.org/10.3944/aott.v30i3.1991.
EndNote
Subasi M, Atlihan D, Ates Y, Dindar N, Aksoy G, Yildirim H (September 1, 2006) Septic arthritis in the childhood. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica 30 3 273–277.
IEEE
[1]M. Subasi, D. Atlihan, Y. Ates, N. Dindar, G. Aksoy, and H. Yildirim, “Septic arthritis in the childhood”, Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica, vol. 30, no. 3, pp. 273–277, Sept. 2006, doi: 10.3944/aott.v30i3.1991.
ISNAD
Subasi, Mehmet - Atlihan, Dogan - Ates, Yalim - Dindar, Nuri - Aksoy, Gazi - Yildirim, Hasan. “Septic Arthritis in the Childhood”. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica 30/3 (September 1, 2006): 273-277. https://doi.org/10.3944/aott.v30i3.1991.
JAMA
1.Subasi M, Atlihan D, Ates Y, Dindar N, Aksoy G, Yildirim H. Septic arthritis in the childhood. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica. 2006;30:273–277.
MLA
Subasi, Mehmet, et al. “Septic Arthritis in the Childhood”. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica, vol. 30, no. 3, Sept. 2006, pp. 273-7, doi:10.3944/aott.v30i3.1991.
Vancouver
1.Mehmet Subasi, Dogan Atlihan, Yalim Ates, Nuri Dindar, Gazi Aksoy, Hasan Yildirim. Septic arthritis in the childhood. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica. 2006 Sep. 1;30(3):273-7. doi:10.3944/aott.v30i3.1991