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Septic arthritis complicating Streptobacillus moniliformis rat bite fever: a case report and review of its pathophysiology and diagnosis

Frontiers in Medicine
Rat bite fever is characterized by a clinical triad of symptoms, fever, rash and arthritis. It is transmitted by rodents and mainly due to infection by Streptobacillus moniliformis, a fastidious bacterium carried by Rattus norvegicus.
Emmanuelle Giraudon, Eva Larranaga Lapique, Silvio Wallemacq, Marie Dalborgo, Nicolas Yin, Maya Hites, Delphine Martiny, Delphine Martiny   +7 more
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Spontaneous Spondylodiscitis - Epidemiology, Clinical Features, Diagnosis and Treatment

Folia Medica, 2017
Spontaneous spondylodiscitis is a rare but serious infectious disease which is a combination of an inflammatory process, involving one or more adjacent vertebral bodies (spondylitis), the intervertebral discs (discitis) and finally - the neighboring ...
Petkova Aneta S., Zhelyazkov Christo B., Kitov Borislav D.   +2 more
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Pyogenic discitis due to Abiotrophia adiacens

, 2013
INTRODUCTIONAbiotrophia species have been referred to as nutritionally variant streptococci because of their fastidious nutritional requirements for growth.
Ohkusu, Kiyofumi, Chikuda, Hirotaka, Seichi, Atsushi, Tanaka, Sakae, Takeshita, Katsushi, Higurashi, Yoshimi, Uehara, Kosuke   +6 more
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Case Report: Spondylodiscitis as a Differential Diagnosis of Anal Canal Squamous Cell Carcinoma Bone Metastasis

Brazilian Journal of Oncology
Spondylodiscitis is an uncommon infection affecting the vertebral bodies and surrounding tissues, with an increased incidence in immunosuppressed patients.
Myllena Batista Ribeiro Rodrigues, Luís Gustavo Soares Rodrigues, Luísa Barbiero Dutra, Janine Bernardi Soder, Rafael Corrêa Coelho   +4 more
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Pediatric Spontaneous Discitis: A Case Report

, 2015
Discitis in children is a benign self-limiting inflammatory or infectious lesion of the intervertebral disc space. Spondylitis/spondylodiscitis is still an uncommon diagnosis, often with delay in diagnosis and treatment due to uncharacteristic symptoms ...
A. Celal İplikçioçlu, Erkan Çakmak, Hamza Karabağ   +2 more
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A case of cervical discitis presenting as a acute bacterial meningitis after velopharyngoplasty

, 1997
Infectious discitis(spondylitis) in adult is rare, accounting for only 5% of all cases Of pyogenic osteomyelitis. Because clinical picture is often nonspecific, diagnosis in early stage is difficult.
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A case of acute discitis following spinal anaesthesia: a rarity or a tip of the iceberg?

, 2017
Acute discitis, an inflammatory process of the intervertebral disc, has been reported as a rare complication of bacterial infection or chemical or mechanical irritation most commonly following spinal surgery.
Suraj Lamichhane, Navin Karn, Siddhartha Koirala   +2 more
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Manejo farmacológico de la pérdida ósea en pacientes con espondilodiscitis. Revisión sistemática

Revista de la Asociación Argentina de Ortopedia y Traumatología
Introducción: El defecto óseo lítico es una consecuencia devastadora y muy frecuente del paciente con espondilodiscitis, y es responsable del colapso y la inestabilidad. En la actualidad, no existe una pauta para el manejo farmacológico.
Pedro Luis Bazán, Ricardo Cepeda Jordan, Gilmar Hernández Molina, José Luis Mansur   +3 more
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Crohn's Disease and Discitis [PDF]

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, 2004
S, Kavia, J M, Gilbert
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Pathologic Basis of Pyogenic, Nonpyogenic, and Other Spondylitis and Discitis

, 2015
Pyogenic spondylitis and discitis are usually seen following a recent infection or surgery. Aseptic embolus causes an infarcted area within the bone. Pyogenic spondylitis is characterized by edema, vascular leakage, and supportive inflammatory reaction ...
Uluoglu, Omer, Esendagli-Yilmaz, Guldal
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