Publications by authors named "Garciela Muniz"
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the management and fate of acutely inflamed joints with a negative synovial fluid culture.
Methods: Between January and December 2009, all the patients who presented to our institution with an acutely inflamed joint and were subjected to microbiological assessment of their synovial fluid, were included in the study. Patients with a positive synovial fluid culture, a prosthetic joint replacement in situ and where an aspirate was obtained for a rheumatological diagnosis were excluded.