title: Acute bacterial arthritis.
abstract: Analysis of 29 consecutive cases of acute bacterial arthritis requiring hospitalization reveals the importance of local and systemic immunologic states or conditions which reduce the efficacy of immune responses in the establishment of joint infections. The complications of trauma and surgery are considered as interfering with the normal local immune response.
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001170:Arthritis, Infectious / Q000209:etiology* / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000276:immunology; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007596:Joints / Q000293:injuries; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000150:complications