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Septic bursitis in an 8-year-old boy
Case reports in pediatrics, v 2014, pp 823921-4
2014
PMID: 24955272
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Abstract
Background. The prepatellar bursa can become inflamed owing to repeated trauma. Prepatellar bursitis is extremely rare in children. Methods. We report the case of an 8-year-old boy who was treated for an erythematous, swollen, and severely painful right knee, fever, inability to bear weight on the leg, and purulent material draining from a puncture wound. We describe the differential diagnosis for tender swollen knee, including infection, gout, rheumatoid arthritis, and osteoarthritis. If untreated, prepatellar bursitis can progress to patellar osteomyelitis. Results. Wound cultures grew Streptococcus pyogenes, with the infection resolving with amoxicillin. Conclusions. A high index of suspicion is necessary in children presenting with prepatellar bursitis to prevent potentially devastating sequelae of infection of the septic joint.
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- Title
- Septic bursitis in an 8-year-old boy
- Creators
- Panagiotis Kratimenos - Drexel UniversityIoannis Koutroulis - St. Christopher's Hospital for ChildrenDante Marconi - Department of Pediatrics, The Unterberg Children's Hospital at Monmouth Medical Center, Drexel University College of Medicine, Long Branch, NJ, USA.Jennifer Ding - Department of Pediatrics, The Unterberg Children's Hospital at Monmouth Medical Center, Drexel University College of Medicine, Long Branch, NJ, USA.Christos Plakas - Department of Pediatrics, The Unterberg Children's Hospital at Monmouth Medical Center, Drexel University College of Medicine, Long Branch, NJ, USA.Margaret Fisher - Drexel University
- Publication Details
- Case reports in pediatrics, v 2014, pp 823921-4
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Pediatrics; Emergency Medicine
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000215538100047
- Other Identifier
- 991019168872804721
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