Abstract
A review of the literature revealed that Clostridium welchii has been implicated as a cause of septic arthritis only 4 times. The organism was introduced through an open wound in 3 cases, but in 1 instance, no open injury preceded the clostridial arthritis. All 4 cases were treated with an antibiotic and arthrotomy. The purpose of this paper is to present another case of clostridial arthritis, this 1 treated successfully and antibiotics and hyperbaric oxygenation, and without arthrotomy.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 555-557 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series A |
| Volume | 57 |
| Issue number | 4 |
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| State | Published - 1975 |