Septic bursitis.
In 12 cases of septic bursitis seen during 11 years, 11 patients were men and one patient was a woman, with a mean age of 51.3 years. The olecranon bursa was involved in nine cases. Staphylococcus aureus was grown from nine of ten culture-positive fluids. Bursal fluid WBC counts ranged from 1,550/cu mm to 165,000/cu mm, associated with low glucose levels in two cases, but not in three. Treatment with antibiotics and needle aspiration or surgical drainage was successful.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002061:Bursa, Synovial / Q000382:microbiology; D002062:Bursitis / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013290:Streptococcal Infections; D013297:Streptococcus pyogenes / Q000302:isolation & purification