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Osteomyelitis and Septic Arthritis in Adults

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Osteomyelitis and septic arthritis can result in considerable morbidity in adults, especially when the diagnosis is delayed. The physiologic status of the host is an important variable, and surgical care is frequently required in addition to antibiotics to eradicate infection and treat complications.

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  1. Trauma and Orthopaedics, Countess of Chester NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool Road, Chester, CH2 1UL, UK

    William James Harrison BM BCh, MA (Oxon), FRCS (Trauma & Orthopaedics), FCS ECSA

  2. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 3400 Spruce Street, Silverstein Two, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA

    John L. Esterhai Jr. M.D

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Correspondence to William James Harrison BM BCh, MA (Oxon), FRCS (Trauma & Orthopaedics), FCS ECSA .

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  1. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Institute for Global Orthopedics and Traumatology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA

    Richard A. Gosselin

  2. Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

    David A. Spiegel

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    Michelle Foltz

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Harrison, W.J., Esterhai, J.L. (2014). Osteomyelitis and Septic Arthritis in Adults. In: Gosselin, R., Spiegel, D., Foltz, M. (eds) Global Orthopedics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-1578-7_32

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