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1. TRUE/FALSE?
A. Septic arthritis occurs most commonly in adolescents.
1. TRUE/FALSE?
B. Osteomyelitis is more common in adults than in children.
1. TRUE/FALSE?
C. The commonest organism causing osteomyelitis or septic arthritis is Staphylococcus aureus.
2. TRUE/FALSE?
A. The investigation of choice in suspected osteomyelitis or septic arthritis is x-ray.
2. TRUE/FALSE?
B. Point tenderness is a cardinal sign of bone infection.
2. TRUE/FALSE?
C. Treatment of osteomyelitis involves rest and intravenous antibiotics.
3. TRUE/FALSE?
A. The hip and shoulder are the joints most commonly affected by septic arthritis.
3. TRUE/FALSE?
B. Treatment of septic arthritis involves rest and oral antibiotics.
3. TRUE/FALSE?
C. Inability to weight bear in a child with an irritable hip is suggestive of serious pathology such as septic arthritis.
3. TRUE/FALSE?
D. Neonates, especially if they have been in intensive care, are predisposed to multi focal osteomyelitis and septic arthritis and they have prominent focal signs.
