Blood cultures are positive in the majority of adult septic arthritis.
Septic arthritis can coexist with inflammatory arthropathy particularly r heumatoid arthritis.
Five categories were used in both censuses: sewer, septic tank, pit latrine, other (direct disposal in rivers, lakes, etc) and none.
He presented with a septic like illness, and then developed profound cardiac failure on commencement of total parenteral nutrition.
The septic tank was emptied approximately twice a year.
Any joint that is markedly inflamed and swollen should be considered septic.
Elderly patients with septic arthritis and acute crystal arthropathies are often systemically unwell and sometimes confused.
Good systems included either the municipal sewer or a septic tank with leach field, and poor systems included cesspools and portables.
