34. Septic Arthritis

  1. Jesse M. Pines1,2,
  2. Christopher R. Carpenter3,4,
  3. Ali S. Raja5,
  4. Jeremiah D. Schuur5

Published Online: 8 NOV 2012

DOI: 10.1002/9781118482117.ch34

Book Title

Evidence-Based Emergency Care: Diagnostic Testing and Clinical Decision Rules, Second Edition

Evidence-Based Emergency Care: Diagnostic Testing and Clinical Decision Rules, Second Edition

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How to Cite

Pines, J. M., Carpenter, C. R., Raja, A. S. and Schuur, J. D. (2012) Septic Arthritis, in Evidence-Based Emergency Care: Diagnostic Testing and Clinical Decision Rules, Second Edition, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, Chichester, UK. doi: 10.1002/9781118482117.ch34

Author Information

  1. 1

    Center for Healthcare Quality, George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA

  2. 2

    Emergency Medicine and Health Policy, George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA

  3. 3

    Evidence Based Medicine, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, USA

  4. 4

    Division of Emergency Medicine, Barnes Jewish Hospital, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, USA

  5. 5

    Department of Emergency Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

Publication History

  1. Published Online: 8 NOV 2012
  2. Published Print: 7 NOV 2012

ISBN Information

Print ISBN: 9780470657836

Online ISBN: 9781118482117

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Keywords:

  • septic arthritis;
  • acute monoarticular arthritis in ED, and etiologies;
  • septic arthritis, commonly affecting the knees;
  • prompt diagnosis/appropriate management of septic arthritis, essential;
  • differential diagnosis of monoarticular arthritis;
  • Gram-positive species, isolation in blood/synovial fluid;
  • gonococcal septic arthritis, and tenosynovitis;
  • risk factors for gonococcal arthritis;
  • historical risk factors, for non-gonococcal septic arthritis;
  • diagnostic test characteristics, no clinical decision rules in adult septic arthritis

Summary

This chapter contains sections titled:

  • Background

  • Clinical question

  • Comment

  • References

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