Question

A 59-year-old man with acute monoarthritis of knee and fever has turbid synovial fluid with WBC >50,000 and Gram-positive cocci. Management?

Accepted Answer

Urgent IV antibiotics and joint washout

Answer

Start oral flucloxacillin and discharge

Answer

Intra-articular steroids immediately

Answer

Delay antibiotics until culture results

Answer

NSAIDs only

Practice question

A 59-year-old man with acute monoarthritis of knee and fever has turbid synovial fluid with WBC >50,000 and Gram-positive cocci. Management?