Arthrology and Infections — Flashcards

_____ knee is also known as infrapatellar bursitis

A patient with an effusion in the hip joint is most comfortable in _____ and abducted position.

Patients with psoas abscesses frequently position themselves to minimize psoas stretching and discomfort by engaging hip _____ and positioning into lumbar lordosis

_____ arthritis is associated with a 'pencil-in-cup' deformity on X-ray with subluxation of thumb

_____ is the most common cause of septic arthritis in adults

_____, most commonly of the knee is a musculoskeletal complication of Neisseria gonorrhoeae infection.

_____ is also know as "housemaid's knee."

Patients with vertebral osteomyelitis will present with _____ back tenderness and constitutional symptoms

A _____ presents with posterior knee pain/stiffness and detection of a swelling/mass in the popliteal fossa

_____ are associated with Staphylococcus epidermidis in patients that have received a prosthetic joint replacement