RT Book, Section
A1 Taylor, Todd A.
A2 Sherman, Scott C.
SR Print(0)
ID 1103535573
T1 Rheumatology
T2 Simon’s Emergency Orthopedics, 7e
YR 2014
FD 2014
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-181965-7
LK accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1103535573
RD 2024/04/16
AB Although  over  100  different  causes  of  arthritis  exist,  there  is  none  more  important  to  the  emergency  physician  than  the  diagnosis  of  septic  (bacterial)  arthritis.  If  septic  arthritis  goes  undiagnosed  or  untreated,  mortality  may  result  and  at  the  least,  rapid  destruction  of  articular  tissue  is  inevitable.  Some  infections,  if  untreated,  can  destroy  cartilage  in  as  little  as  2  days.  Depending  on  the  study,  the  mortality  of  septic  arthritis  is  around  11%.1