Bone and Joint Infection

diagnose bone and joint infections and demonstrate knowledge of which samples to send to a microbiology laboratory to facilitate this
describe the optimal antibiotic management of native joint septic arthritis and prosthetic joint infections
describe other aspects of the emergency medical and surgical management of patients with native or prosthetic joint infection

Septic Arthritis

How does this present?
What differentials should we keep in mind?
Outline the different aetiologies of septic arthritis…
How do we diagnose septic arthritis?
Here’s some general points regarding blood cultures…
This is what happens in the microbiology lab with blood culture bottles…
Look at the gram staining procedure that happens before microscopy…
We then take the blood and incubate it overnight…
Once blood cultures have been taken, what do we do?
What are the common causative organisms of septic arthritis in both adults and children?
Once we’ve identified the organism, what investigations do we carry out?
Okay, how do we treat septic arthritis?
Which antibiotics do we use for septic arthritis?

Periprosthetic Joint Infection (PJI)