Delay to diagnosis in childhood bone and joint infection
Delayed recognition of childhood AHO and SA is common and is associated with delayed treatment. Symptoms present for >1 week are associated with contiguous infection, which, compared with isolated AHO, requires more surgery with increased hospitalisation costs.
Authors
- Vanessa Selak (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9824-8674)
- Cameron Charles Grant (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4032-7230)
- Haemish Crawford (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6747-6300)
- Sarah E. Hunter (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6436-3244)
- Elsie Brown
Institutions
- University of Auckland (NZ)
- Starship Children's Health (NZ)
Publication Details
- Journal
- New Zealand Medical Journal
- Published
- 2025-04-30
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.26635/6965.6720
- Primary Topic
- Orthopedic Infections and Treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00