Culture-Negative Pediatric Septic Arthritis: Cloudy Joint Aspirate With a Cloudy Clinical Picture

Clin Pediatr (Phila). 2019 Oct;58(11-12):1360-1362. doi: 10.1177/0009922819866150. Epub 2019 Jul 26.

Authors

Lacey Lavie¹, Bhumit Desai², Russell W Steele³, Sean Waldron¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Ochsner Clinic Foundation, New Orleans, LA, USA.
² Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland-Ochsner Clinical School, Jefferson, LA, USA.
³ Department of Pediatrics, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, USA.

PMID: 31347386
DOI: 10.1177/0009922819866150

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
Arthritis, Infectious / diagnosis*
Arthritis, Infectious / pathology*
Arthritis, Infectious / therapy
Arthrocentesis
Child, Preschool
Diagnosis, Differential
Female
Humans
Knee Joint / pathology*
Knee Joint / surgery

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents