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Intra-articular corticosteroids in septic arthritis: beneficial or barmy?
  1. SUZANNE E LANE,
  2. PETER MERRY
  1. Department of Rheumatology, Norfolk and Norwich Hospital, Brunswick Road, Norwich NR1 3SR

https://doi.org/10.1136/ard.59.3.240

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    We read with interest the paper by Wysenbeeket al about the treatment of staphylococcal septic arthritis in rabbits by intra-articular corticosteroids in addition to antibiotics1 and would like to share our recent clinical experience that we feel pertinent to this scientific research.

    Traditional teaching dictates that intra-articular corticosteroids are contraindicated in the management of septic arthritis, the appropriate treatment being antibiotics and …

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