Septic arthritis historical perspective
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Venkata Sivakrishna Kumar Pulivarthi M.B.B.S [2]
Overview
Overview
Septic arthritis is a most rapidly destructive joint disease most common in patients with longstanding rheumatoid arthritis, osteomyelitis, or chronic skin infections. The first case of septic arthritis described in literature by Walter Whitehead in 1902, as “The open method of treating exceptional cases of septic arthritis of the knee” and the cultural techniques of blood and synovial fluid to diagnose septic arthritis described by Robert N. Nye in 1924.[1][2]
Historical Perspective
Historical Perspective
- First case of septic arthritis described in literature by Walter Whitehead in 1902, as “The open method of treating exceptional cases of septic arthritis of the knee”.[2]
- An experimental and clinical Study on arthritis deformans described by Nathan PW in 1917.[3]
- Surgical management of septic arthritis by By Captain W. Rankin in 1917.[4]
- A. Mackenzie Forbes, described first case of septic arthritis in infant in 1923.[5]
- Streptococci as the cause of septic arthritis is first described in 1924.[6]
- Cultural techniques of blood and synovial fluid to diagnose septic arthritis described by Robert N. Nye in 1924.[1]
References
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Nye RN, Waxelbaum EA (1930) STREPTOCOCCI IN INFECTIOUS (ATROPHIC) ARTHRITIS AND RHEUMATIC FEVER. J Exp Med 52 (6):885-94. PMID: 19869811
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Whitehead W (1902) Observations ON THE “OPEN METHOD” OF TREATING EXCEPTIONAL CASES OF SEPTIC ARTHRITIS OF THE KNEE. Br Med J 1 (2164):1523-4. PMID: 20760321
- ↑ Nathan PW (1917) Arthritis Deformans as an infectious Disease : An experimental and Clinical Study from the Carnegie Laboratory (University and Bellevue Medical College) and the Montefiore Home and Hospital for Chronic Diseases. J Med Res 36 (2):187-224.11. PMID: 19972362
- ↑ Rankin W (1917) ON THE TREATMENT OF CERTAIN SELECTED CASES OF SEPTIC ARTHRITIS OF THE KNEE. Br Med J 2 (2957):287-9. PMID: 20768715
- ↑ Forbes AM (1923) A Case of Septic Arthritis in an Infant. Can Med Assoc J 13 (2):118. PMID: 20314617
- ↑ Cecil RI (1930) Bacteriological Studies on Rheumatic Fever and Infectious Arthritis. Trans Am Climatol Clin Assoc 46 ():36-7. PMID: 21408998
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