Müller, WD; Urban, C; Haidvogel, M; Ritter, G.
Septic arthritis and osteomyelitis as a complication of neonatal intensive care (author's transl)
Padiatr Padol. 1979; 14(4): 469-475.
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In a prematurely born infant of a diabetic mother a purulent arthritis with osteomyelitis of the elbow occurred 18 days after an enterobacter aerogenes-septicemia was proved. Enterobacter (aerobacter) aerogenes is a nosocomial gramnegative germ, that is more and more regarded responsible for infection of the newborn in intensive care units. In accordance with the literature recording a high rate functional loss after septic arthritis also our patient suffered from a mobility deficiency in his right elbow a year after the onset of the disease.
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