RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Pyogenic osteomyelitis presenting as an acute sterile arthropathy.
JF Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
JO Ann Rheum Dis
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and European League Against Rheumatism
SP 607
OP 609
DO 10.1136/ard.43.4.607
VO 43
IS 4
A1 P N Platt
A1 I D Griffiths
YR 1984
UL http://ard.bmj.com/content/43/4/607.abstract
AB We report two cases of osteomyelitis secondary to staphylococcal septicaemia, presenting with large sterile effusions in adjacent joints. In both cases the clinical features were suggestive of septic arthritis. Multiple joints were involved in each patient. Initial radiographs showed no abnormalities.