title: Acute pyogenic bone and joint infections.
abstract: Acute infections of bone and joints is a curable condition and the chance of cure is related to a number of factors like type and virulence of the organism, resistance of the host, choice of antibiotics, early drainage of the joint in septic arthritis and appropriate treatment after early diagnosis with adequate dosage and duration of antibiotic therapy. Late diagnosis and inadequate treatment can often lead to high mortality and morbidity and leave the patient with crippling sequelae like chronic osteomyelitis, joint destruction, pain, shortening, deformity and limp.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, National University of Singapore, National University Hospital.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Das De
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bose
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D001170:Arthritis, Infectious / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D013492:Suppuration