Infections of Joints and Bones

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• Acute Infectious Arthritis
  • General references
  • Risk factors
  • Risk factors references
  • Etiology
    • Etiology references
  • Pathophysiology
  • Pathophysiology reference
  • Symptoms and Signs
    • Gonococcal arthritis
    • Nongonococcal bacterial arthritis
    • Infectious arthritis secondary to bite wounds
    • Viral infectious arthritis
    • Borrelia burgdorferi arthritis
  • Symptoms and signs references
  • Diagnosis
    • Infectious arthritis
    • Gonococcal arthritis
  • Diagnosis references
  • Treatment
    • Antibiotic therapy
    • Drainage of infected fluid
    • Treatment references
  • Prognosis
    • Prognosis reference
  • Key Points

• Chronic Infectious Arthritis

• Prosthetic Joint Infectious Arthritis
  • Etiology
  • Etiology references
  • Risk Factors
  • Risk factors references
  • Symptoms and Signs
  • Symptoms and signs references
  • Diagnosis
  • Diagnosis references
  • Treatment
  • Treatment references
  • Prevention
    • Prevention references
  • Key Points
  • Reference

• Osteomyelitis
  • Etiology
    • Contiguous spread from adjacent infected tissue or open wounds
    • Hematogenously spread osteomyelitis
  • Etiology references
  • Pathophysiology
  • Pathophysiology references
  • Symptoms and Signs
  • Symptoms and signs reference
  • Diagnosis
  • Diagnosis references
  • Treatment
    • Antibiotics
    • Surgery
    • Treatment references
  • Key Points