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Streptococcus Pneumoniae septic arthritis in adults in Bristol and Bath, United Kingdom, 2006–2018: a 13-year retrospective observational cohort study

open access: yesEmerging Microbes and Infections, 2021
Few studies on adult pneumococcal septic arthritis are sufficiently large enough to assess both epidemiological trends following routine pneumococcal immunization and clinical disease. With major shifts in serotypes causing invasive pneumococcal disease (
Catherine Hyams   +7 more
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The Expression of von Willebrand Factor-Binding Protein Determines Joint-Invading Capacity of Staphylococcus aureus, a Core Mechanism of Septic Arthritis

open access: yesmBio, 2020
Septic arthritis, one of the most dangerous joint diseases, is predominantly caused by Staphylococcus aureus. In contrast, coagulase-negative staphylococci are rarely found in septic arthritis. We hypothesize that coagulases released by S.
Manli Na   +10 more
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High Mobility Group Box – 1 in Patients with Bacterial Septic Arthritis of the Knee: A Controlled Prospective Study

open access: yesErciyes Medical Journal, 2020
Objective: High mobility group Box–1 (HMGB-1) is related to inflammation and many kinds of arthritic diseases. Septic arthritis is acute infectious arthritis with potentially devastating outcomes and needs to be diagnosed and treated in an emergent ...
Alper Öztürk   +6 more
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Diagnostic Criteria for the Painful Swollen Pediatric Knee: Distinguishing Septic Arthritis From Aseptic Effusion in a Non-Lyme Endemic Area

open access: yesFrontiers in Surgery, 2021
Purpose: The child with a painful swollen knee must be worked-up for possible septic arthritis; the classic clinical prediction algorithms for septic arthritis of the hip may not be the best models to apply to the knee.Materials and methods: This was a ...
Claudia S. Thomas   +5 more
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Septic arthritis due to Nocardia brasiliensis and a review of nocardiosis as a cause of arthritis

open access: yesIDCases, 2022
Bacteria of the genus Nocardia are implicated in several disease processes but are a rare cause of septic arthritis. Typically, the cause of Nocardia septic arthritis is dissemination from a pulmonary infection in an immunocompromised host.
Divya Chandramohan   +2 more
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A case of septic arthritis of the wrist in an infant

open access: yesJournal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports, 2022
Septic wrist arthritis in the pediatric population is very rare. Early diagnosis and therapeutic intervention are important in preventing sequelae of septic arthritis in children. We describe a case of a septic wrist arthritis in infant who was diagnosed
Ayana Kitta   +4 more
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Comparison of MR Findings between Patients with Septic Arthritis and Acute Gouty Arthritis of the Knee

open access: yes대한영상의학회지, 2022
Purpose To compare the MR findings of septic and acute gouty arthritis of the knee joint. Materials and Methods This retrospective study included patients who underwent knee MRI for septic or gouty arthritis at our hospital between October 2012 and ...
Su Young Yun   +3 more
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Rates of, and risk factors for, septic arthritis in patients with invasive pneumococcal disease: prospective cohort study

open access: yesBMC Infectious Diseases, 2017
Background There are many case reports of septic arthritis complicating invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD); however, no study has compared patients with IPD with septic arthritis to those who didn’t develop septic arthritis Thus, we aimed to determine ...
Thomas J. Marrie   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The potential use of microcalorimetry in rapid differentiation between septic arthritis and other causes of arthritis. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Current diagnostic methods in differentiating septic from non-septic arthritis are time-consuming (culture) or have limited sensitivity (Gram stain). Microcalorimetry is a novel method that can rapidly detect microorganisms by their heat production.
Borens, O.   +5 more
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