title: Irritable hip and campylobacter infection.
abstract: Three cases are reported which presented as "irritable" or "observation" hips and failed to respond to rest at home and in hospital. In each case a campylobacter organism was grown from the faeces; none were found in a group of 20 patients in the paediatric ward for other reasons. The patients responded to a course of erythromycin. It is postulated that they may have had a reactive arthropathy of the hip and suggested that cultures for Campylobacter be made as part of the investigation of irritable hip.
authors.affiliation: Morrison Hospital, Swansea, Wales.
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Jones
mesh_terms: D002169:Campylobacter Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D002168:Campylobacter fetus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004917:Erythromycin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology; D006621:Hip Joint; D006801:Humans; D007592:Joint Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D014143:Traction
chemical_list: D004917:Erythromycin