Septic arthritis of hip joint and its devastating complications

BMJ Case Rep. 2020 Feb 11;13(2):e233909. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2019-233909.

Authors

Kamal Kant Sahu¹, Nicholas Tsitsilianos², Luke Moselle², Ajay Kumar Mishra²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, Saint Vincent Hospital, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA [email protected].
² Department of Internal Medicine, Saint Vincent Hospital, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.

No abstract available

Keywords: bone and joint infections; infections; surgical diagnostic tests.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
Arthritis, Infectious / complications*
Arthritis, Infectious / therapy
Debridement
Femur Head Necrosis / etiology*
Femur Head Necrosis / therapy
Hip Joint / physiopathology*
Humans
Male
Medication Adherence*
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / drug effects
Middle Aged
Therapeutic Irrigation
Vancomycin / therapeutic use

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Vancomycin