Unit of Veterinary Surgery, University Veterinary Hospital, School of Agriculture, Food Science and Veterinary Medicine, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland.
Ir Vet J. 2008 Feb 1;61(2):102-6. doi: 10.1186/2046-0481-61-2-102.
The purpose of this paper was to identify factors that would positively or negatively affect the short-term survival rate of foals with septic arthritis. Medical records of 81 foals (≤seven months of age) with a clinical diagnosis of septic arthritis, referred to the equine hospital at Cornell University Hospital for Animals, between 1994 and 2003 were reviewed. Signalment, age at presentation, number of affected joints, joint fluid parameters, bacterial agents, treatment modalities and year of treatment were compared between survivors and nonsurvivors. Sixty-two of 81 foals (77%) were discharged from the hospital and classified as 'survivors'. Multiple joint involvement and detection of intra-articular Gram-negative, mixed bacterial infection and degenerate neutrophils were negatively associated with short-term survival. Initiation of treatment within 24 hrs of onset of clinical signs and combination of treatment modalities were positively correlated with survival. Further investigation is needed to determine if these two factors have a similar influence on athletic performance.
本文旨在确定影响脓毒性关节炎驹短期存活率的因素。对 1994 年至 2003 年间在康奈尔大学动物医院就诊的 81 例（≤7 月龄）临床诊断为脓毒性关节炎驹的病历进行了回顾。对幸存者和非幸存者的一般情况、就诊时的年龄、受累关节数、关节液参数、细菌病原体、治疗方式和治疗年份进行了比较。81 例驹中有 62 例（77%）从医院出院并被归类为“幸存者”。多关节受累以及关节内革兰氏阴性、混合细菌感染和退行性中性粒细胞的检出与短期存活率呈负相关。临床症状出现后 24 小时内开始治疗以及联合治疗方式与存活率呈正相关。需要进一步研究以确定这两个因素对运动性能是否有类似的影响。
