Paediatric Bone and Joint Infections in French Guiana: A 6 Year Retrospective Review

The epidemiology of paediatric bone and joint infections from South America is poorly known. We herein report a retrospective study conducted in whole French Guiana from January 2010 to December 2015. Medical charts of 55 previously healthy children were analysed, identifying 27 with osteomyelitis, 22 with septic arthritis and 6 with multifocal infections and/or osteoarthritis. The male:female ratio was 2.2:1, and the mean age was 7.5 years. Eighty percent children were ≥36 months old who had predominantly osteomyelitis related to methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus (p