AN OVERVIEW OF SEPTIC ARTHRITIS SURGICAL TREATMENT THE LAST 10 YEARS.
Luiz Valério Costa Vasconcelos, IGOR QUEZADO ARAÚJO DE ANDRADE, Leonardo Barros Bastos, JOHN KENNEDY TORRES DE ALENCAR, FERNANDO PARAHYBA DIOGO DE SIQUEIRA, CAMILLE MAPURUNGA TAVARES, MARINA ISIDÓRIO CRUZ MACÊDO, ANA CLARA DE FÁTIMA MARQUES PIMENTEL
Abstract
INTRODUCTION: Septic (infectious) arthritis is the invasion of a joint by an infectious agent and it may lead to permanent joint damage -in cartilage and ligaments. Septic arthritis is characterized by its presentation as either acute or chronic depending on the infectious organism that invades the joint, being the chronic type caused mainly by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. In order to diagnose and treat the condition, careful inspection should be made so the patient has a good life quality.
MeSH terms
- Septic arthritis
- Medicine
- Infectious arthritis
- Tuberculosis
- Arthritis
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Joint infections
- Surgery
- Intensive care medicine
- Immunology