Primary haematogenous septic arthritis of the wrist in immunocompetent healthy patients : A report of four cases


Published online: Oct 27 2011

Lore VANDENBERGHE, Jos STUYCK, Ilse DEGREEF, Luc DE SMET

From the University Hospital Pellenberg, Leuven, Belgium

Abstract

Primary haematogenous nontraumatic arthritis of the wrist is uncommon. We report four such cases. All had a spontaneous onset with a delay in diagnosis. Treatment consisted of an open debridement and systemic antibiotics. Outcome appeared to be related to the delay between onset and treatment.

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