Most commonly affected joints in descending order include :
- knee > hip > elbow > ankle >sternoclavicular joint
Most common pathogens include :
- Staphylococcus species
- Staphylococcus aureus (most common, >50% cases)
- MRSA
- Staphylococcus epidermis
- Neisseria gonorrhea
- Most common organism in otherwise healthy sexually active adolescents and young adults
- Knee joint most commonly involved
- Streptococcus
- Salmonella
- seen in patients with sickle cell disease
- Pseudomonas aeruginosa
- seen in patient with history of IV drug abuse
- Pasteurella multocida
- seen in patients after dog or cat bite
- Eikenella corrodens
- seen in patients after human bite
- Organism found in immunocompromised host
- can include fungal, and candida common pathogens
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To add, 1. adult with systemic lupus erythematous are more prone to develop infection with salmonella. 2. in hemophilic patients most common org is s.aureus..