title: [Bone and joint infection].
abstract: Older adults are at risk for the immune dysfunction associated with advanced age, which contribute to their increased risk of infection. Hematogenous osteomyelitis occurs not only in children, but also in older adults. Iatrogenic septic arthritis can be occured after the intraarticular injection for the osteoarthritis in aging society. Tuberculous spondylitis occurs in older adults and the differential diagnosis with pyogenic spondylitis and vertebral metastasis is important.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kawasaki Municipal Tama Hospital.
authors.forename: Kazuhiko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Matsushita
authors.forename: Hiroyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shimizu
authors.forename: Moroe
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Beppu
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001170:Arthritis, Infectious; D001424:Bacterial Infections; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D010019:Osteomyelitis; D013166:Spondylitis / Q000209:etiology*; D014394:Tuberculosis, Osteoarticular