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Septic arthritis of the pubic symphysis
A Nitsche1, G O Mogni, P E Gorostiaga
1Unit of Rheumatology, Policlínica Bancaria 9 de Julio, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology
|July 1, 1989
Abstract:
Septic arthritis of the pubic symphysis developed in a previously healthy 13-year-old boy. Blood cultures and the culture of material taken by joint aspiration of the pubic symphysis under radioscopic control yielded Staphilococcus aureus. Early treatment with parenteral antibiotics prevented the development of osteomyelitis of the pubic rami in our patient. Open debridement was not necessary.