title: Epidemiologic, bacteriologic, and long-term follow-up data of children with acute hematogenous osteomyelitis and septic arthritis: a ten-year review.
abstract: A total of 69 children with acute hematogenous osteomyelitis and 48 with septic arthritis admitted in the period 1978 through 1987 were included in a retrospective review. Epidemiologic and bacteriologic data were analyzed and compared with those of an earlier study (1965 through 1975), confined to the same geographic area. Long-term outcome was evaluated by a questionnaire and clinical and radiographic follow-up. A significant increase in the admission rate for both disorders was observed. The long-term outcome was favorable: major sequelae were found in three patients (3%), minor sequelae in two patients (2%). The benign long-term outcome may well be related to rapid hospital admission and appropriate long-lasting antibiotic treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Glostrup Hospital, Denmark.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Christiansen
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Frederiksen
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Glazowski
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Scavenius
authors.forename: F U
authors.initials: FU
authors.lastname: Knudsen
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D017677:Age Distribution; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001170:Arthritis, Infectious / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000628:therapy; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000628:therapy; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D015897:Comorbidity; D003646:Debridement / Q000379:methods; D003718:Denmark / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000628:therapy; D016012:Poisson Distribution; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D017678:Sex Distribution; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents