Open AccessOsteomyelitis of the Knee Following Intra-Articular Injections: A Case Series
Author(s) -
Anand Sobhraj Devnani,
Raymond Dieu Kiat Yeak,
Fahrudin Che-Hamzah
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of nepal medical association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.176
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 1815-672X
pISSN - 0028-2715
DOI - 10.31729/jnma.4858
Subject(s) - medicine , septic arthritis , osteomyelitis , osteoarthritis , knee joint , arthritis , surgery , knee arthritis , intra articular , pathology , alternative medicine
Septic arthritis of the knee is rare in adults. This leads to difficulty in making early diagnosis that invariably leads to delayed treatment with consequent destruction of the joint. The delay in diagnosis is largely attributed to absence of clinical signs of flagrant infection. Reported are three adult patients who presented with painful swollen knee and inability to walk few weeks after intraarticular injection for osteoarthritis. This paper discusses the cases in which the difficulties in the early diagnosis of septic arthritis of knee in adults led to the development of osteomyelitis.