Orthopedics and Traumatology Resident. “Universidad Libre” Sectional Barranquilla, Colombia.
World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 2025, 25(02), 1047-1051
Article DOI: 10.30574/wjarr.2025.25.2.0465
Received on 01 January 2025, revised on 08 February 2025; accepted on 11 February 2025
Septic arthritis is a monoarticular infection caused predominantly by bacteria, which produces great morbidity in the child population, for this reason a timely diagnosis and adequate treatment are of utmost importance. In 1999, Kocher published very useful criteria for the clinical diagnosis of septic arthritis of the hip in children, which have been used arbitrarily for the diagnosis of this pathology in other joints.
Septic arthritis; Kocher criteria; Diagnosis; Children
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Jainer Enrique Sarmiento Guzmán, Juan David Paternina Carballo and Julio César Carrascal González. Septic arthritis in children: Literature review. World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 2025, 25(02), 1047-1051. Article DOI: https://doi.org/10.30574/wjarr.2025.25.2.0465.
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