TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Rheumatology A1 - Taylor, Todd A. A2 - Sherman, Scott C. PY - 2014 T2 - Simon’s Emergency Orthopedics, 7e AB - Although over 100 different causes of arthritis exist, there is none more important to the emergency physician than the diagnosis of septic (bacterial) arthritis. If septic arthritis goes undiagnosed or untreated, mortality may result and at the least, rapid destruction of articular tissue is inevitable. Some infections, if untreated, can destroy cartilage in as little as 2 days. Depending on the study, the mortality of septic arthritis is around 11%.1 SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/04/18 UR - accessphysiotherapy.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1103535573 ER -