microbes

Gram Positive

Gram Positive cocci

Staphylococcus epidermis / aureus 

- 1/2 - 2/3 all infections

Streptococcus viridans

- 25%

Other

- Enterococci

- Strept. pyogenes / pneumoniae

- Neiserria

Gram positive bacilli (all anaerobes)

Clostridiae (bacilli)

Listerius

Definition

Joint inflammation secondary pyogenic organism

Epidemiology

All age groups

Usually children

- 50% < age 3

M= F

Any joint

- Infants = Hip

- Children = Knee

- Adults = Large Joints

IVDU - SCJ & SIJ

Pathogenesis

Two Routes