|
|
| Helito,Camilo Partezani; Noffs,Guilherme Guelfi; Pecora,Jose Ricardo; Gobbi,Riccardo Gomes; Tirico,Luis Eduardo Passarelli; Lima,Ana Lucia Munhoz; de Oliveira,Priscila Rosalba; Camanho,Gilberto Luis. |
| Background:Septic arthritis is an infrequent disease although very important due to the possibility of disastrous outcomes if treatment is not adequately established. Adequate information concerning the epidemiology of septic arthritis is still lacking due to the uncommon nature of the disease as well as the struggle to establish a correct case-definition.Objective:To epidemiologically characterize the population seen at Hospital das Clínicas, University of São Paulo with a diagnosis of septic arthritis between 2006 and 2011.Methods:Sixty-one patients diagnosed with septic arthritis of the knee between 2006 and 2011 were retrospectively evaluated. The patients' clinical and epidemiological characteristics, the microorganisms that caused the infection and... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Knee; Infection; Septic arthritis; Epidemiology. |
| Ano: 2014 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702014000100028 |
| |
