A 61-year-old man with a past medical history significant for metastatic rectal cancer treated local resection, chemotherapy, and radiation complicated by vesicocutaneous fistula presented subacute ambulatory dysfunction secondary to right hip pain. Imaging studies were consistent effusion, fluoroscopyguided aspiration revealed septic arthritis caused Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Resistance patterns...

streptococcus dysgalactiae subspecies equisimilis is one of the pyogenic group c and g streptococcus, which may be found in the normal gastrointestinal and genitourinary flora of a healthy human. many cases have been reported in literature; however, reports of septic arthritis due to this agent without predisposing factors are extremely rare. diagnosis of this agent is possible in advanced labo...

knee infection after arthroscopic surgeries is rare but devastating complication. a serial knee joint infection occurred in our hospital after the contamination of arthroscopic equipments set with an unknown microorganism. herein we describe the natural course of these patients and suggest a treatment protocol according to the experiment gained from management of these patients.

Acute hematogenous bone and joint infections, septic arthritis, and osteomyelitis with or without adjacent septic arthritis, are rare among children in a standard Western setting, but still potentially devastating diseases, as even deaths have been reported recently. Foir this reason, and in part due to historical reasons, the treatment has comprised of months-long courses of antibiotics, start...

PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to determine the extent of preoperative osteoarthritis (OA) that precludes benefit from hip arthroscopy by systematically reviewing the literature on hip arthroscopy in the setting of OA. METHODS We searched the Medline and PubMed databases using the following Medical Subject Heading terms: arthritis, osteoarthritis, chondral damage, chondral injury, chon...

we describe bladder and urinary tract abscess with concomitant hip arthritis in a 64-year-old male patient on hemodialysis. the patient recovered promptly after abscess draining and antibiotics. this case is reported with a brief discussion of risk factors of this condition.

BACKGROUND The standard treatment for septic arthritis in children is antimicrobials for several weeks (initially administered intravenously) and arthrotomy (at least for the hip and shoulder joints). No sufficiently powered study has examined the true need for these treatments. METHODS In a randomized, multicenter prospective trial in Finland, children aged 3 months to 15 years who had cultu...

Results A 4 years old girl was admitted because of right hip pain. When she was 1 year old was diagnosed with Crohn’s disease and taken sulfasalazine and corticosteroid. She had septic arthritis in her right hip one year ago. On admission, we have found pain and limitation in right hip. Also she was growth retardation. In her laboratory findings, acute phase reactants were elevated (white blood...