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Case Report of Post-Appendectomy Fungal Osteomyelitis: A Rare Complication in a Healthy Patient [PDF]

Clinical Practice and Cases in Emergency Medicine
Introduction: Osteomyelitis is a bone infection that presents with swelling, erythema, pain, and possible systemic symptoms. Immunocompromised patients are at higher risk of developing osteomyelitis.
Cameron Juybari, Andras Muranyi, Emmelyn J. Samones, Mindi Guptill   +3 more
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Staged Reconstruction for Humeral Osteomyelitis after Severe Crush Injury of the Shoulder: A Case Report [PDF]

Malaysian Orthopaedic Journal, 2022
The incidence of humeral osteomyelitis is relatively rare as compared to incidence of lower limb osteomyelitis. Despite having no guideline in the management of humeral osteomyelitis, surgeons have utilised their experience in managing lower limb ...
Kow RY, Mohd-Yusof N, Abas MF, Low CL
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Genetic Determinants for Bacterial Osteomyelitis: A Focused Systematic Review of Published Literature

Frontiers in Genetics, 2021
Background: Osteomyelitis is an inflammatory process characterized by progressive bone destruction. Moreover, chronic bacterial osteomyelitis is regarded as a difficult-to-treat clinical entity due to its long-standing course and frequent infection ...
Xiaoping Xie, Jiangbi Li, Feng Gu, Ke Zhang, Zilong Su, Qiangqiang Wen, Zhenjiang Sui, Pengcheng Zhou, Tiecheng Yu   +8 more
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Outcomes in patients with clinically suspected pedal osteomyelitis based on bone marrow signal pattern on MRI [PDF]

Journal of Bone and Joint Infection, 2023
Objective: confluent T1 hypointense marrow signal is widely accepted to represent osteomyelitis on MRI. Some authors have suggested that non-confluent bone marrow signal abnormality should be considered early osteomyelitis.
C. A. Tiegs-Heiden, T. C. Anderson, M. S. Collins, M. P. Johnson, D. R. Osmon, D. E. Wenger   +5 more
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Expanding the definition beyond surveillance criteria reveals a large burden of osteomyelitis caused by group B Streptococcus in the United States Veterans Health Administration

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2022
Background Population-based surveillance studies may underestimate osteomyelitis caused by Group B Streptococcus (GBS). We analyzed cases of GBS osteomyelitis, including patients diagnosed using an expanded case definition that incorporates cultures from
Tayoot Chengsupanimit, Taissa A. Bej, Brigid Wilson, Richard E. Banks, Sunah Song, Janet M. Briggs, Robin L. P. Jump, Federico Perez   +7 more
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Clinical outcomes of pediatric osteomyelitis

BMC Pediatrics, 2023
Background Osteomyelitis in children may produce severe sequelae. However, the frequency and distribution of such complications by type of osteomyelitis (chronic or acute) is not well described.
Kylie Disch, Deirdre A. Hill, Harry Snow, Walter Dehority   +3 more
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Clinical and anatomical traits of orthopaedic traumatic and maxillofacial osteomyelitis: a systematic review

Кубанский научный медицинский вестник, 2021
Background. Chronic osteomyelitis requires a multidisciplinary approach. The main contributors are physicians of two specialties, orthopaedic trauma and maxillofacial surgeons, depending on the pathology’s localisation. Each specialty often relies on its
S. V. Baranov, A. R. Usnunts, A. B. Zaytsev   +2 more
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Short Term Results of Treatment of Osteomyelitis in the Diabetic Foot with a Synthetic Bone Graft Sustitute

Foot & Ankle Orthopaedics, 2022
Category: Diabetes; Midfoot/Forefoot Introduction/Purpose: The aim of the study was to evaluate short term results of osteomyelits of the diabetic foot treated with cerament Methods: 16 diabetics with a mean age of 61.6 years underwent surgical therapy ...
Ute Waldecker MD
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In vitro and in vivo assessment of caprine origin Staphylococcus aureus ST398 strain UTCVM1 as an osteomyelitis pathogen

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2022
Staphylococcus aureus (SA) is a significant and well-recognized causative organism of bacterial osteomyelitis. Osteomyelitis is an inflammatory bone disease characterized by progressive bone destruction and loss. This disease causes significant morbidity
Caroline Billings, Rebecca Rifkin, Mohamed Abouelkhair, Rebekah Duckett Jones, Austin Bow, Jaydeep Kolape, Sreekumari Rajeev, Stephen Kania, David E. Anderson   +8 more
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Childhood osteomyelitis-incidence and differentiation from other acute onset musculoskeletal features in a population-based study

BMC Pediatrics, 2008
Background Osteomyelitis can be difficult to diagnose and there has previously not been a prospective approach to identify all children in a defined geographic area.
Reiseter Tor, Flatø Berit, Handeland Kai, Kirkhus Eva, Riise Øystein, Cvancarova Milada, Nakstad Britt, Wathne Karl-Olaf   +7 more
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