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大人における細菌性性関節炎
Catherine J Mathews1, Vivienne C Weston, Adrian Jones
1Queen Elizabeth Hospital, South London Healthcare Trust, London, UK.
Lancet (London, England)
|March 9, 2010
まとめ
深刻な関節感染症であるセプティック関節炎は,抗生物質耐性のためにより一般的で治療が難しくなっています. 早期診断と介入は,この医療的緊急事態の管理に極めて重要です.
科学分野:
- 感染症 感染症は感染症です.
- リーマトロジーの病理学
- 微生物学 微生物学とは
背景:
- セプティック関節炎は,著しい罹病率と死亡率を持つ重要な医療緊急事態です.
- 大人のセプティック関節炎の流行病学は,発生率と抗生物質耐性の増加によって特徴づけられ,進化しています.
研究 の 目的:
- 成人の本来の関節におけるセプティック関節炎の流行病学的変化をレビューする.
- 感染性関節炎の危険因子,病原性,診断と管理戦略について議論する.
主な方法:
- 疫学,危険因子,病原性,診断,管理に関する文献レビュー.
- 病原性における宿主因子と細菌の毒性の決定因子の検討.
- 臨床診断,調査,介入戦略の分析.
主要な成果:
- セプティック関節炎の発生率は上昇しており,抗生物質耐性パターンが進化しています.
- 宿主因子 (TNF-α,IL-1,IL-10) と細菌因子が病原性に影響する.
- 適切な抗生物質と,関節の吸血を含む,適切な医学的および外科的介入は不可欠です.
結論:
- セプティック関節炎の管理は,新しい病原体と抗生物質耐性のためにますます複雑になっています.
- 動物モデルと患者データに関する研究は,病原性および潜在的な補助療法に光を当てています.
- コルチコステロイド,サイトカイン調節剤,ビスホスフォネートなどの新しい治療法が有望であることが示されています.
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