Abstract
A child presented with knee pain, the cause of pain was found on further investigation to be due chondrolysis of the hip joint secondary to a pseudomonas aeruginosa septic arthritis. The patient functionally did well following a subtotal synovectomy and prolonged treatment with appropriate antibiotics.
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