Nonsurgical management of Fusobacterium necrophorum sternoclavicular septic arthritis: a case report

Nonsurgical management of Fusobacterium necrophorum sternoclavicular septic arthritis: a case report

Background: To date, the gold-standard treatment for sternoclavicular septic arthritis has been surgery due to the high failure and complication rates of medical treatment. In particular, presentation of Fusobacterium sternoclavicular septic arthritis has been rarely reported and very sparsely inves...

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Main Authors: Kanwar, R. (Author), Kim, S.M (Author), Marshall, M.B (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BioMed Central Ltd 2022
Subjects:
abscess
adult
Adult
amoxicillin plus clavulanic acid
Anti-Bacterial Agents
antiinfective agent
Arthritis, Infectious
Article
bacterial arthritis
case report
chill
clinical article
computer assisted tomography
Conservative management
edema
erythema
erythrocyte sedimentation rate
female
Female
fever
Fusobacterium necrophorum
human
Humans
infectious arthritis
influenza A
interventional radiology
mediastinitis
metronidazole
microbiology
neck pain
nuclear magnetic resonance imaging
oseltamivir
piperacillin plus tazobactam
shoulder pain
sternoclavicular joint
Sternoclavicular Joint
sternoclavicular septic arthritis
Sternoclavicular septic arthritis
surgical debridement
surgical drainage
Thoracic infections
thorax pain
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