{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2026,8,23]],"date-time":"2026-08-23T17:51:11Z","timestamp":1787507471910,"version":"build-2736575974"},"reference-count":0,"publisher":"Georg Thieme Verlag KG","issue":"06","content-domain":{"domain":[],"crossmark-restriction":false},"short-container-title":["Vet Comp Orthop Traumatol"],"published-print":{"date-parts":[[2018,11]]},"abstract":"<jats:p>Objective\u2003This study provides information on clinical features, diagnosis, treatment and associated risk factors of spontaneous septic elbow arthritis in the dog.<\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>Methods Medical records between March 2007 and June 2015 were searched for cases of spontaneous septic elbow arthritis with a diagnosis based on clinical signs, arthrocentesis, cytological and microbiological analysis of elbow joint synovial fluid, radiography and outcome following treatment.<\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>Results Twenty-one cases of septic arthritis were identified. Pre-existing osteoarthritis was present in 14\/15 elbows for which diagnostic imaging was available. Although all cases had increased neutrophil count on synovial fluid cytology, culture was only positive in 12\/21. Despite initial improvement in lameness scores (pre-treatment 9\/10 [range: 1\u201310] versus post-treatment 3\/10 [range: 1\u20135]), 11\/12 had residual long-term lameness. Recurrence of infection was noted in 3\/12 elbows for which long-term (&gt;8 weeks) follow-up was available. There was an acute mortality rate of 2\/21 associated with severe systemic sepsis.<\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>Clinical Significance Septic arthritis, even in the absence of pyrexia, should be considered as a major differential diagnosis in middle aged, large breed dogs, with pre-existing elbow arthritis, that suffer an acute onset lameness, with elbow joint effusion and discomfort. Antibiotic therapy alone was effective for treatment with high initial response rates. Chronic lameness post-treatment was common, and a high rate of recurrence was seen with 3\/12 dogs suffering more than one episode.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1055\/s-0038-1668108","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2018,10,9]],"date-time":"2018-10-09T19:04:10Z","timestamp":1539111850000},"page":"488-493","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":28,"title":["Spontaneous Septic Arthritis of Canine Elbows: Twenty-One Cases"],"prefix":"10.1055","volume":"31","author":[{"given":"Ben","family":"Mielke","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Clinical Sciences and Services, Queen Mother Hospital for Animals, Royal Veterinary College, North Mymms, United Kingdom"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Eithne","family":"Comerford","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Ageing and Chronic Disease, Liverpool, United Kingdom"},{"name":"Small Animal Teaching Hospital, Institute of Veterinary Science, Neston, United Kingdom"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Kate","family":"English","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pathobiology and Population Sciences, Royal Veterinary College, North Mymms, United Kingdom"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Richard","family":"Meeson","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Clinical Sciences and Services, Queen Mother Hospital for Animals, Royal Veterinary College, North Mymms, United Kingdom"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"194","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2018,10,9]]},"container-title":["Veterinary and Comparative Orthopaedics and Traumatology"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","link":[{"URL":"http:\/\/www.thieme-connect.de\/products\/ejournals\/pdf\/10.1055\/s-0038-1668108.pdf","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2019,1,2]],"date-time":"2019-01-02T10:05:08Z","timestamp":1546423508000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"http:\/\/www.thieme-connect.de\/DOI\/DOI?10.1055\/s-0038-1668108"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2018,10,9]]},"references-count":0,"journal-issue":{"issue":"06","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2018,11,12]]},"published-print":{"date-parts":[[2018,11]]}},"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1055\/s-0038-1668108","relation":{},"ISSN":["0932-0814","2567-6911"],"issn-type":[{"value":"0932-0814","type":"print"},{"value":"2567-6911","type":"electronic"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2018,10,9]]}}}