Guideline for the management of the hot swollen joint in adults with a particular focus on septic arthritis

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 492-493

  Weston, Vivienne ^a   Coakley, Gerald ^b  

^a NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antibiotic policies; Arthroscopy; Empirical antibiotic therapy; Haemophilus influenzae type b; Methicillin resistant; MRSA; Needle aspiration; Neisseria gonorrhoeae; Staphylococcus aureus; Streptococci

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; METICILLIN;

ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONSULTATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; GRAM STAINING; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; JOINT SWELLING; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, INFECTIOUS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; JOINT DISEASES;

EID: 33747885761     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkl295     Document Type: Article

References (1)

1. Coakley G, Mathews C, Field M et al. BSR & BHPR, BOA, RCGP and BSAC guidelines for management of the hot swollen joint in adults. Rheumatology (Oxford) 2006; 45:1039-41.