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Journal of Tropical Pediatrics 1991 37(4):172-175; doi:10.1093/tropej/37.4.172
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Bacteriology of Acute Septic Arthritis

R. W. Nduati* and I. A. Wamola**

* Departments of Pediatrics University of Nairobi P.O. Box 19676, Nairobi, Kenya
** Departments of Microbiology, University of Nairobi P.O. Box 19676, Nairobi, Kenya

In a study of septic arthritis infants formed the bulk of patients though, notably, neonates were not encountered. Gram-negative bacterial of the Salmonella species, especially Salmonella typhimurium and Klebsiella species were the most important cause of septic arthritis in infants. Staphylococcus aurews was also isolated. The combination of blood cultures and joint aspirate cultures resulted in very high rate (72 per cent) of bacteria isolation. It is strongly recommended that every effort should be made to obtain two bacteriological specimens for culture to improve bacteriological diagnosis of the disease.


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