Surgical Lavage vs Serial Needle Aspiration for Infected Joints
Arthritis, Septic
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Arthritis
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria: Patients with acute onset of symptoms of less than or equal to two weeks' duration. Patients with infection of only the following joints: ankle, knee, hip, wrist, elbow, or shoulder Patients with proven bacterial infection by positive gram stain or culture of synovial fluid and with white blood cell count in synovial flood consistent with infection (75,000 - 150,000 cells/mm3.) Cases with negative synovial fluid cultures if positive blood cultures are present and associated with typical inflammatory synovial fluid changes without other identifiable sources of infection and if antibiotic therapy had been initiated earlier to explain negative synovial fluid cultures. Monoarticular arthritis Exclusion Criteria: Gonococcal infections Infected prosthetic joints Adjacent osteomyelitis preceding joint infection Septic arthritis occurring as an incidental event late in the course of otherwise fatal illness Patients that are 17 years old or less. Polyarticular arthritis.
Sites / Locations
- Grady Memorial Hospital