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Orthopaedic Proceedings
Vol. 98-B, Issue SUPP_23 | Pages 52 - 52
1 Dec 2016
EPIDEMIOLOGY, CLINICAL FEATURES AND OUTCOMES OF NATIVE JOINT SEPTIC ARTHRITIS IN ADULTS IN SOUTH AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND
McBride S Mowbray J Caughey W Wong E Luey C Siddiqui A Alexander Z Playle V Askelund T Hopkins C Quek N Ross K Holland D
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Aim

To describe the epidemiology, clinical features and outcomes of native joint septic arthritis in adults admitted to Middlemore Hospital in Auckland, New Zealand.

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Single-centre retrospective cohort study from 2009 to 2014. Patients ≥16 years of age were identified using ICD-10AM coding data. Electronic records were reviewed for demographic, clinical, laboratory, treatment and outcome data. Total and hemi-arthroplasty infections were excluded.