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The incidence of septic arthritis in Malawian children
C B D Lavy1, A C Peek, G Manjolo
1Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital, P.O. Box 95 Blantyre, Malawi, Africa. lavy@malawi.net
International Orthopaedics
|April 5, 2005
Abstract:
The incidence of septic arthritis in Malawian children was estimated by assessing the incidence in the relatively enclosed district of Chikwawa. We found an incidence of approximately one in 5,000 in the under-five age group and one in 13,000 in the 5-15 age group.
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