Epidemiologie des infections osteo - articulaires du nourrisson

ABSTRACT

A retrospective study realised over 10 years in the orthopaedic unit of the children's hospital of Tunis allowed to collect 206 cases of osteomyelitis and arthritis in infant [3 months - 3 years old]. In 74.6% of the cases, infection involved the joint. There is a single focus of the infection in 92.6% of the cases, more often at the lower limbs. The pathogen has been isolated in 33% of the cases. Staphylococcus aureus [52%] is the more frequent pathogen, especially in osteomyelitis. Enterobateria [16%], streptococcus [17.7%] [streptococcus pneumoniea 10.7%], and hemophylus influenzea [5.3%] were often isolated in arthritis