STERNOCLAVICULAR JOINT INFECTION

Course overview

SEPTIC ARTHRITIS OF THE STERNOCLAVICULAR JOINT IS RARE AND REPRESENTS LESS THAN 1% OF ALL BONE AND JOINT INFECTIONS. A STERNOCLAVICULAR JOINT INFECTION IS, IN THE MAJORITY OF CASES, ASSOCIATED WITH OTHER SYSTEMIC ILLNESSES AND/OR GENERAL POOR HEALTH STATUS. THIS ACTIVITY SHOULD HELP ENHANCE THE READERS UNDERSTANDING OF STERNOCLAVICULAR JOINT INFECTIONS. IT SHOULD ALSO HELP THE READER BETTER UNDERSTAND THE WORKUP AND DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH TO THE SUSPECTED INFECTED STERNOCLAVICULAR JOINT. FURTHERMORE, THIS ACTIVITY CAN SERVE AS A GUIDE FOR PROVIDING CARE TO THE PATIENT WITH A PAINFUL STERNOCLAVICULAR JOINT AND SUSPECTED INFECTION.