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Table 1 Patient characteristics

From: Bacterial arthritis of native joints can be successfully managed with needle arthroscopy

Case

Age at presentation

Gender

Comorbidities

Affected joint

Clinical features at presentation

Lab at presentation

1

65

Male

Gout, seronegative spondyloarthritis, hypertension

Wrist

T: 35.7

L: 13.0

Local joint: pain, function loss, swelling, warmth, redness

CRP: 36

2

69

Female

COPD

Knee

T: 36.8

L: 14.6

Local joint: pain, function loss, swelling, warmth

CRP: 226

3

69

Female

COPD

Knee

T: 37.4

L: 14.6

Local joint: pain, function loss, swelling, warmth

CRP: 301

4

35

Male

Kidney failure, hypertension, 26 days after conservatively treated ipsilateral patellar fracture

Knee

T: 36.6

L: 8.7

Local joint: pain, function loss, swelling, warmth

CRP: 169

5

77

Female

Rheumatoid arthritis, diabetes type 2

Ankle

T: 37.6

L: 12.0

Local joint: pain, function loss, swelling, warmth

CRP: 81

6

66

Male

Hypertension, admitted at presentation on account of infected vascular implant

Knee

T: 37.5

L: 12.9

Local joint: pain, function loss, swelling

CRP: 137

7

37

Female

Rheumatoid arthritis

Knee

T: 36.7

L: 14.0

Local joint: pain, function loss, swelling, warmth

CRP: 346

8

68

Female

Rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, stroke, diabetes type 2, atrial fibrillation, heart failure

Shoulder

T: 38.8

L: 7.9

Local joint: Pain, loss of function, swelling, warmth

CRP: 161

9

58

Female

Kidney failure, hypertension, Sjogren’s syndrome, gout

Knee

T: 37.0

L: 7.3

Local joint: pain, function loss, swelling

CRP: 270

10

71

Female

Peripheral arterial occlusive disease, hypertension, atrial fibrillation

Knee

T: 37.0

L: 14.9

Local joint: pain, loss of function, swelling, warmth, redness

CRP: 183

11

54

Male

Transtibial amputation (Left), hypertension, diabetes type 1

Knee

T: 37.1

L: 25.3

Local joint: pain, loss of function, swelling, warmth, redness

CRP: 322

  1. T denotes temperature in degrees Celsius, L denotes the leucocyte count times 109/L, CRP denotes the C-reactive protein in mg/L