Invention of infection prevention in intraarticular injection
2020 Volume 45 Issue 1 Pages 87-88
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2020 Volume 45 Issue 1 Pages 87-88
Among the 5 cases with infections complicating intraarticular injection into the knee joint, 3 were treated with hyaluronic acid while the remaining 2 were treated with corticosteroids. Methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus was identified as the infecting organism in 4 cases, and Group B streptococcus in the remaining one case.
The infection rate was 5 per 308 773 procedures, which was equivalent to 1 per 61 755 procedures (0.0016%). The infection rate was 3 per 292 690 procedures, equivalent to 1 per 97 563 procedures (0.001%) for hyaluronic acid, and 2 per 16 083 procedures, equivalent to 1 per 8042 procedures (0.012%) for corticosteroids.
