septic arthritis

collocation in English

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septic
adjective
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/ˈsep.tɪk/us
/ˈsep.tɪk/
infected by bacteria that ...
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arthritis
noun[U]
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/ɑːˈθraɪ.tɪs/us
/ɑːrˈθraɪ.t̬əs/
a serious condition in which a person's joints (= the places where two bones are connected) become painful, swollen, ...
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(Definition ofsepticandarthritisfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Other includes meningitis, bacteremia, abscesses,septicarthritis, and fever not yet diagnosed.
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Elderly patients withsepticarthritisand acute crystal arthropathies are often systemically unwell and sometimes confused.
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Septicarthritiscan coexist with inflammatory arthropathy particularly r heumatoid arthritis.
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Blood cultures are positive in the majority of adultsepticarthritis.
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The specimen should be cultured to rule outsepticarthritis.
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Occasionally, associatedsepticarthritisis confirmed in patients who have been treated with intra-articular corticosteroids.
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Occasionally crystal andsepticarthritismay coexist.
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Acutesepticarthritisis treated empirically with high-dose intravenous benzyl penicillin and flucloxacillin pending culture and sensitivity.
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Another reports the bacterium was responsible forsepticarthritisin the knee of a person treated with etanercept for rheumatoid arthritis.
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One of the complications of gonorrhea is systemic dissemination resulting in skin pustules or petechia,septicarthritis, meningitis, or endocarditis.
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Cellulitis from a superficial wound will usually create less lameness (grade 12 out of 5) than that caused bysepticarthritis(grade 45 lameness).
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Ifsepticarthritisneeds to be ruled out, needle aspiration of the fluid can be performed under ultrasound guidance.
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It is most commonly associated with bacteremic cellulitis, but has been known to cause endocarditis, meningitis, osteomyelitis, andsepticarthritis.
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People withsepticarthritisusually look clinically toxic or sick.
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Septicarthritisis usually caused by bacteria, but may be caused by viral, mycobacterial, and fungal pathogens as well.
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Such symptoms include cough or pleuritic chest pain suggestive of pneumonia, bone or joint pain suggestive of osteomyelitis orsepticarthritis, or cellulitis.
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Therefore, those affected bysepticarthritiswill often refuse to use the extremity and prefer to hold joint rigidly.
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Prosthetic joints put a person at particular risk ofsepticarthritis, and staphylococcal endocarditis (infection of the heart valves) and pneumonia.
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However, it can not reliably distinguish betweensepticarthritisand transient synovitis.
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