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Differentiating pyogenic arthritis from spontaneous hemarthrosis in patients with hemophilia.

Publication ,  Journal Article
Ellison, RT; Reller, LB
Published in: West J Med
January 1986

Pyogenic arthritis in patients with hemophilia is predominantly monoarticular, usually involving the knee, is associated with hemophilic arthropathy and other predisposing factors for infection, is mainly due to Staphylococcus aureus and carries serious morbidity. In patients with hemophilia, it is associated significantly with fever, an increased leukocyte count, knee joint involvement and possible predisposing factors for infection. Such patients presenting with unexplained fever of more than 1 degrees C(1.8 degrees F) and acute symptoms of joint inflammation should have an arthrocentesis.

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Published In

West J Med

ISSN

0093-0415

Publication Date

January 1986

Volume

144

Issue

1

Start / End Page

42 / 45

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Suppuration
  • Middle Aged
  • Male
  • Infant
  • Humans
  • Hemophilia A
  • Hemarthrosis
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Child, Preschool
  • Child
 

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Ellison, R. T., & Reller, L. B. (1986). Differentiating pyogenic arthritis from spontaneous hemarthrosis in patients with hemophilia. West J Med, 144(1), 42–45.
Ellison, R. T., and L. B. Reller. “Differentiating pyogenic arthritis from spontaneous hemarthrosis in patients with hemophilia.West J Med 144, no. 1 (January 1986): 42–45.
Ellison, R. T., and L. B. Reller. “Differentiating pyogenic arthritis from spontaneous hemarthrosis in patients with hemophilia.West J Med, vol. 144, no. 1, Jan. 1986, pp. 42–45.

Published In

West J Med

ISSN

0093-0415

Publication Date

January 1986

Volume

144

Issue

1

Start / End Page

42 / 45

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Suppuration
  • Middle Aged
  • Male
  • Infant
  • Humans
  • Hemophilia A
  • Hemarthrosis
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Child, Preschool
  • Child