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Infections of Joints and Bones
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Acute Infectious Arthritis
Risk factors
Etiology
Etiology reference
Pathophysiology
Symptoms and Signs
Gonococcal arthritis
Nongonococcal bacterial arthritis
Infectious arthritis secondary to bite wounds
Viral infectious arthritis
Borrelia burgdorferi
arthritis
Diagnosis
General arthritis
Gonococcal arthritis
Prognosis
Treatment
Antibiotic therapy
Other therapies
Viral arthritis and arthritis secondary to bite wounds
Key Points
Chronic Infectious Arthritis
Prosthetic Joint Infectious Arthritis
Etiology
Symptoms and Signs
Diagnosis
Treatment
Prevention
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Osteomyelitis
Etiology
Contiguous spread from adjacent infected tissue or open wounds
Hematogenously spread osteomyelitis
Pathophysiology
Symptoms and Signs
Diagnosis
Treatment
Antibiotics
Surgery
Key Points
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