Pediatric Septic Bursitis: Case Report of Retrocalcaneal Infection and Review of the Literature | Zendy

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Pediatric Septic Bursitis: Case Report of Retrocalcaneal Infection and Review of the Literature

Author(s) -

Joseph I. Harwell,

Donna Fisher

Publication year - 2001

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1086/319343

Subject(s) - medicine , bursitis , differential diagnosis , dermatology , intensive care medicine , pediatrics , surgery , pathology

Septic bursitis in children is rarely discussed in the medical literature. This review summarizes the clinical manifestations and management of 10 cases of septic bursitis involving patients aged <16 years. In every case in this series, acute trauma was the predisposing condition. Group A streptococci were frequently isolated from the infected bursa. Septic bursitis, an underappreciated infection in children, should be considered in the differential diagnosis of common childhood conditions.

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