title: Non-gonococcal infectious arthritis: a retrospective study.
abstract: In a retrospective study the outcome of non-gonococcal infectious arthritis was evaluated in 76 adult patients admitted to the Leiden University Hospital between 1970 and 1984. The mortality rate was 12%, and complete recovery was achieved in only 19 of the 76 patients (25%). Each of the following had a significantly unfavourable influence on the residual joint function: duration of infection more than 14 days, female sex, presence of rheumatoid arthritis, and presence of a joint prosthesis.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001170:Arthritis, Infectious / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D006069:Gonorrhea / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D007596:Joints / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012306:Risk; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000150:complications