A clinical decision tool for septic arthritis in children based on epidemiologic data of atraumatic swollen painful joints in South Africa.

Background: In settings with limited access to specialist services, differentiating septic arthritis-a surgical emergency-from non-infectious atraumatic arthropathy in paediatric patients is challenging, especially in a setting with a high burden of tuberculosis (TB). We aimed to investigate the aetiologies of swollen, painful joints in an urban setting in South Africa and determine how clinical and laboratory findings varied with diagnosis.

Patients And Methods: A retrospective review of patients aged 12 or younger presenting to a paediatric hospital in Cape Town, South Africa, with atraumatic swollen, painful joints was conducted over a two year period from 2013 to 2015.

Most Influential Literature in Spinal Tuberculosis: A Global Disease Without Global Evidence.

Study Design: Bibliometric review of the literature.

Objective: This bibliometric analysis aims to give an overview of the most influential academic literature written on spinal tuberculosis.

Methods: All databases included in the Thomson Reuters Web of Knowledge were searched for the most influential publications in spinal tuberculosis.

A neglected infection in literature: Childhood musculoskeletal tuberculosis - A bibliometric analysis of the most influential papers.

Pediatric tuberculosis (TB) is known to have a wide range of presentations, and if left untreated, primary TB may lead to bone and joint involvement. The literature on this topic is very scarce, and no comprehensive systematic review or meta-analysis of the current knowledge is available to date. The aim of this study is to identify and analyze the literature with highest impact based on citation rate analysis.