Septic arthritis in sickle cell disease
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M Sankaran-Kutty1, M Sadat-Ali, M K Kutty
1Department of Orthopaedics, King Fahd University Hospital, King Faisal University, Al-Khobar, Saudi Arabia.
International Orthopaedics
|January 1, 1988
Abstract:
We report a prospective study of fourteen patients with sickle cell disease who were suffering from septic arthritis. They made up 11% of 129 patients with orthopaedic complications of the disease. The infecting organism in eleven was a staphylococcus, with salmonella in only two. The severity of the condition and its sequelae are described. The best treatment is open surgical drainage and intensive chemotherapy.