A 27-year-old woman arrives as ESI 3 with fever and a painful swollen knee. Temperature is 38.7 C, HR 112. The knee is held flexed with severe pain

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A 27-year-old woman arrives as ESI 3 with fever and a painful swollen knee. Temperature is 38.7 C, HR 112. The knee is held flexed with severe pain on passive range of motion; no trauma is reported. Which of the following is the most likely diagnosis?

Accepted Answer

Septic arthritis

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Prepatellar bursitis

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Meniscal tear

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Osgood-Schlatter disease

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Patellofemoral pain syndrome

Septic arthritis — ABEM Board MCQ

A 27-year-old woman arrives as ESI 3 with fever and a painful swollen knee. Temperature is 38.7 C, HR 112. The knee is held flexed with severe pain on passive range of motion; no trauma is reported. Which of the following is the most likely diagnosis?