title: Septic bursitis: experience in a community practice.
abstract: We reviewed 47 episodes of septic bursitis occurring in a private community medical practice. Most patients were male (85%), and roughly half (49%) the cases were related to recreational or occupational trauma. About 72% of cases were located in the olecranon bursa, while the remaining cases were prepatellar. Prepatellar bursitis patients were more likely to be hospitalized. Staphylococcus aureus was isolated from 70% of bursal fluid aspirations; other etiologic organisms included gram negative bacteria and Mycobacterium marinum. The majority of patients were able to be treated as outpatients with oral antibiotics. All patients were eventually cured without serious complications.
authors.affiliation: Straub Medical Research and Education Foundation, Honolulu, Hawaii.
authors.forename: F D
authors.initials: FD
authors.lastname: Pien
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ching
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001419:Bacteria / Q000302:isolation & purification; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D002062:Bursitis / Q000382:microbiology*; D004551:Elbow Joint; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007719:Knee Joint; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents