-
Pediatric emergency care · Oct 1993
Review Case ReportsSoaring suppurative sea shells from the sea shore: Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Klebsiella pneumoniae septic arthritis after a marine sea shell injury.
- M S Ritter, H Mroch, and M J Burns.
- Department of Medicine, University of California, Irvine Medical Center, Orange 92668.
- Pediatr Emerg Care. 1993 Oct 1;9(5):289-91.
AbstractSeptic arthritis is the most important diagnosis to consider in patients presenting with acute monarticular arthritis. We present the case of an eight-year-old girl who developed a Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Klebsiella pneumoniae septic arthritis of her knee following an injury with a marine sea shell. After treatment with antibiotics and arthroscopic irrigation, she had good functional recovery. We could find no previously reported cases of Pseudomonas aeruginosa or Klebsiella pneumoniae septic arthritis resulting from an injury in a marine environment. The pathogenesis and treatment of septic arthritis and infection following marine injuries are discussed.
Notes
Knowledge, pearl, summary or comment to share?You can also include formatting, links, images and footnotes in your notes
- Simple formatting can be added to notes, such as
*italics*,_underline_or**bold**. - Superscript can be denoted by
<sup>text</sup>and subscript<sub>text</sub>. - Numbered or bulleted lists can be created using either numbered lines
1. 2. 3., hyphens-or asterisks*. - Links can be included with:
[my link to pubmed](http://pubmed.com) - Images can be included with:
 - For footnotes use
[^1](This is a footnote.)inline. - Or use an inline reference
[^1]to refer to a longer footnote elseweher in the document[^1]: This is a long footnote..