microbes

Microbes - General

Gram Positive

 

Gram Positive cocci

 

Staphylococcus epidermis / aureus 

- 1/2 - 2/3 all infections

 

Streptococcus viridans

- 25%

 

Other

- Enterococci

- Strept. pyogenes / pneumoniae

- Neiserria

 

Gram positive bacilli (all anaerobes)

 

Clostridiae (bacilli)

Listerius

Septic Arthritis

Definition

 

Joint inflammation secondary pyogenic organism

 

Epidemiology

 

All age groups

 

Usually children

- 50% < age 3

 

M= F

 

Any joint

- Infants = Hip

- Children = Knee

- Adults = Large Joints

 

IVDU - SCJ & SIJ

 

Pathogenesis

 

Two Routes