Septic Arthritis of the Hip in a Hemophiliac

Gr, Houghton

doi:10.1097/00003086-197711000-00030

Cited by 15 publications

(3 citation statements)

References 0 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…Our study indicates that a high index of suspicion for septic arthritis is warranted when managing haemophiliacs, especially in a joint which does not respond promptly to factor replacement [1,8,10,14,16,19]. This parameter started to diminish after the appearance of septic arthritis in patients 1 and 2, but remained the same in patient 3.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 69%

Septic arthritis in HIV positive haemophiliacs

Merchan

Magallón

Manso

et al. 1992

International Orthopaedics

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Septic arthritis is rare in haemophiliacs. Four new cases who were also HIV positive are reported. In three, the knee was involved, and in the fourth the elbow. The organism was streptococcus pneumoniae and staphylococcus aureus in one patient each, and salmonella in two. Although all the patients were human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) positive at the time of diagnosis, only two patients developed autoimmune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) after their septic arthritis. These two died later due to AIDS complications. Treatment was conservative in all cases with antibiotic therapy and prompt rehabilitation. The results were fair in two and good in two. Therefore nonoperative management is advocated before surgical drainage is considered. It seems likely that a positive HIV status is related to the appearance of septic arthritis in haemophiliacs.

show abstract

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 69%

Septic arthritis in HIV positive haemophiliacs

Merchan

Magallón

Manso

et al. 1992

International Orthopaedics

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…To those considerations we would add: (1) a recognized predisposition to septic arthritis, such as immune compromise or infection elsewhere; (2) a rig id joint, and (3) a leukocytosis with a left shift. An ele vated erythrocyte sedimentation rate, usually greater than 60, has been reported in a number of hemophil iacs with joint infection [8,9].…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 97%

Group B Streptococcal Polyarthritis Complicating Hemophilia B

Hartmann

Nauseef

1990

Acta Haematol

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…Hemophiliacs in prior case reports have sustained unprovoked or posttraumatic monoarticular septic arthri tis [1][2][3][4], Previous reports indicate an in fected joint incidence of 0.03-0.14% for hemophiliacs. Our patient sustained the only episode of septic arthritis in 4,152 treatment episodes (414 for multiple hemarthroses) since initiation of records at the University of Iowa Hemophilia Center (1976).…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%