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Septic arthritis

Última revisão: 28 Nov 2025
Última atualização: 17 Dec 2025

Resumo

Definição

História e exame físico

Principais fatores diagnósticos

  • hot, swollen, tender, restricted joint
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Outros fatores diagnósticos

  • history of intravenous drug use
  • history of diabetes
  • history of cutaneous lesions
  • prosthetic joint
  • history of rheumatoid arthritis or osteoarthritis
  • acute onset of symptoms
  • fever
  • low socioeconomic status
  • history of alcohol use disorder
  • history of previous corticosteroid injection
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Fatores de risco

  • underlying joint disease
  • joint prostheses
  • immunosuppression
  • intravenous drug use
  • diabetes
  • alcohol use disorder
  • skin lesions
  • previous intra-articular corticosteroid injection
  • recent joint surgery
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Investigações diagnósticas

Primeiras investigações a serem solicitadas

  • synovial fluid Gram stain and culture
  • synovial fluid white cell count
  • blood culture
  • serum white cell count
  • erythrocyte sedimentation rate
  • CRP
  • plain radiograph
  • ultrasound
  • synovium biopsy for Mycobacterium tuberculosis
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Investigações a serem consideradas

  • synovial glucose, LDH, lactate, procalcitonin
  • synovial polymerase chain reaction (PCR)
  • serum procalcitonin
  • Neisseria gonorrhea culture and nucleic acid amplification testing
  • MRI
  • cardiac ultrasound
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Algoritmo de tratamento

Inicial

prosthetic joint: suspected infection

native joint: suspected infection with negative Gram stain (or Gram stain not available)

native joint: suspected infection with Gram-positive stain and no risk factors for resistant microorganisms

native joint: suspected infection with Gram-positive stain and risk factors for resistant microorganisms

native joint: suspected infection with Gram-negative stain

AGUDA

native joint: confirmed MSSA infection

native joint: confirmed MRSA infection

native joint: confirmed streptococcal infection

native joint: confirmed gram-negative rods infection

native joint: confirmed gonococcal or meningococcal infection

native joint: infection with fungi/tuberculosis/other organisms

Colaboradores

Autores

Blerta Green, MD

Fellow in Rheumatology

Section of Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology

Yale University School of Medicine

New Haven

CT

Declarações

RTS declares that he has no competing interests.

Robert T. Schoen, MD, MBA

Clinical Professor of Medicine

Section of Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology

Yale University School of Medicine

New Haven

CT

Declarações

RTS declares that he has no competing interests.

Francine Touzard Romo, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine

Division of Infectious Diseases

Warren Alpert Medical School

Brown University

Providence

Rhode Island

Declarações

FTR declares that she has no competing interests.

Revisores

Andrew Keat, MBBS

Consultant Physician and Rheumatologist

Northwick Park Hospital

Harrow

UK

Раскрытие информации

AK declares that he has no competing interests.

Cheryl Main, MD, FRCPC

Medical Microbiologist

Infectious Disease Consultant

Hamilton Regional Laboratory Medicine Program

Hamilton Health Sciences

Hamilton

Canada

Раскрытие информации

CM declares that she has no competing interests.

John Ross, MD

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Hospitalist Section

Boston

MA

Раскрытие информации

JR declares that he has no competing interests.

Peer reviewer acknowledgements

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Disclosures

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Основные статьи

Ross JJ. Septic arthritis of native joints. Infect Dis Clin North Am. 2017 Jun;31(2):203-18. Аннотация

Earwood JS, Walker TR, Sue GJC. Septic arthritis: diagnosis and treatment. Am Fam Physician. 2021 Dec 1;104(6):589-97.Полный текст  Аннотация

Ravn C, Neyt J, Benito N, et al. Guideline for management of septic arthritis in native joints (SANJO). J Bone Jt Infect. 2023;8(1):29-37.Полный текст  Аннотация

Benito N, Martínez-Pastor JC, Lora-Tamayo J, et al. Executive summary: guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of septic arthritis in adults and children, developed by the GEIO (SEIMC), SEIP and SECOT. Enferm Infecc Microbiol Clin (Engl Ed). 2024 Apr;42(4):208-14.Полный текст  Аннотация

American College of Radiology. ACR appropriateness criteria: suspected osteomyelitis, septic arthritis, or soft tissue infection (excluding spine and diabetic foot). 2022 [internet publication].Полный текст

Mathews CJ, Coakley G; British Society for Rheumatology. Hot joint update 2017. Mar 2017 [internet publication].Полный текст

Le Vavasseur B, Zeller V. Antibiotic therapy for prosthetic joint infections: an overview. Antibiotics (Basel). 2022 Apr 5;11(4):486.Полный текст  Аннотация

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