Septic arthritis of the knee: clinical and laboratory comparison of groups with different etiologies

OBJECTIVES: To clinically and epidemiologically characterize a population diagnosed with and treated for septic arthritis of the knee, to evaluate the treatment results and to analyze the differences between patients with positive and negative culture results, patients with Gram-positive and Gram-ne...

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Main Authors: Camilo Partezani Helito, Paulo Renan Lima Teixeira, Priscila Rosalba de Oliveira, Vladimir Cordeiro de Carvalho, José Ricardo Pécora, Gilberto Luis Camanho, Marco Kawamura Demange, Ana Lucia Munhoz Lima
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Faculdade de Medicina / USP
Series:Clinics
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1807-59322016001200715&lng=en&tlng=en