Infectious diseases contribute significantly to the disease burden in elderly people. Septic arthritis is an important cause of musculoskeletal infection with high morbidity and mortality arising ...

It has a broad differential diagnosis, the most serious of which is bacterial septic arthritis. This article will discuss the epidemiology and pathogenesis of bacterial septic arthritis.

Older adults and infants are at a higher risk of developing septic arthritis. It's most common for knees to be affected, but the shoulders, hips, and other joints can also be infected.