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ANTIBIOTICS IN THE MANAGEMENT OF ACUTE HAEMATOGENOUS OSTEOMYELITIS AND ACUTE SEPTIC ARTHRITIS IN INFANCY AND CHILDHOOD 1
Author(s) -
NADE SYDNEY
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1978.tb05811.x
Subject(s) - medicine , septic arthritis , antibiotics , osteomyelitis , intensive care medicine , antibiotic therapy , natural history , arthritis , surgery , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
The introduction of antibiotic therapy has changed the natural history of acute haematogenous osteomyelitis and acute septic arthritis. Early diagnosis and early effective treatment are the means of preventing the devastating sequelae which can occur. Although several different organisms can cause these conditions, the most appropriate antibiotics to exhibit before bacteriological proof of diagnosis is established can be deduced from a study of their historical microbiology. This paper reports such a study and makes recommendations regarding antibiotic treatment.