Septic arthritis in children: Literature review

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.