[Antibiotic therapy of bone and joint infections in children: recent changes]

Arch Pediatr. 2011 Sep;18(9):1016-8. doi: 10.1016/j.arcped.2011.05.015. Epub 2011 Jul 5.
[Article in French]

Abstract

Management of bone and joint infections in children associates early appropriate antibiotic therapy against Staphylococcus aureus and Kingella kingae and, if necessary, surgical drainage of abscess or septic arthritis. In 2007, the Paediatric Infectious Diseases Group of the French Society of Paediatrics (GPIP) proposed guidelines for antibiotherapy in acute and non-complicated cases, with an intravenous therapy during 4 to 7 days followed by oral therapy during 3 weeks.

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Arthritis, Infectious / drug therapy*
  • Arthritis, Infectious / microbiology
  • Arthritis, Infectious / surgery
  • Child
  • Humans
  • Kingella kingae* / isolation & purification
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Neisseriaceae Infections / complications
  • Neisseriaceae Infections / drug therapy*
  • Neisseriaceae Infections / surgery
  • Osteomyelitis / drug therapy
  • Practice Guidelines as Topic
  • Staphylococcal Infections / complications
  • Staphylococcal Infections / drug therapy*
  • Staphylococcal Infections / surgery
  • Staphylococcus aureus* / isolation & purification
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents