Objective To identify factors affecting the prognosis for survival and athletic use in foals with
septic arthritis. Design Retrospective study. Animals 93 foals with septic arthritis. Procedure …

Lactoferrin (Lf) is an iron-binding protein of external secretions and neutrophil secondary
granules with antimicrobial and immunomodulatory activities. To further define these …

An infection of native joints leads generally to suppurative arthritis, which may be of one joint
(monarticular) or several joints (oligoarticular). Bacteria that produce symptoms in multiple …

Septic arthritis is a true rheumatologic emergency, mandating immediate joint drainage and
antibiotics. Unfortunately, the incidence of septic arthritis in the United States is increasing …

Septic arthritis is an inflammatory joint disease that is induced by pathogens such as
Staphylococcus aureus. Infection of the joint triggers an acute inflammatory response …

Synovial fluid white blood cell counts are considered to be useful in diagnosing infectious
arthritis, however, considerable overlap exists between infectious and noninfectious types of …

Introduction Septic arthritis is an orthopaedic emergency and Staphylococcus aureus (SA) is
the number one cause. Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is increasing in …

Fourteen patients with either septic knee arthritis or osteomyelitis of the knee with marked
joint destruction were treated by resection arthroplasty with the introduction of an antibiotic …

Objective To determine whether lactoferrin can modify articular inflammation in murine
models of autoimmune and septic arthritis. Methods Collagen arthritis was induced in DBA/1 …

We evaluated the Xpert MRSA/SA SSTI real-time PCR assay (Cepheid, Sunnyvale, CA)
directly on perioperative bone and joint samples. The sensitivity and specificity for detection …