ALLMedicine™ Osteomyelitis Center

Sep 15th, 2021 - Toe injuries are common in the emergency department and most of them are treated conservatively. In some circumstances, these injuries can present as a physeal fracture with concomitant soft-tissue injury affecting the nail bed and resulting in a ...

Sep 14th, 2021 - Chronic recurrent multifocal osteomyelitis (CRMO) is a rare condition characterized by chronic relapsing noninfectious bone inflammation of unknown etiology. Although CRMO is considered an extraintestinal manifestation in patients with inflammator...

Sep 13th, 2021 - Cervical spine osteomyelitis caused by Campylobacter jejuni without gastrointestinal symptoms.|2021|Nakatani N,Miyazaki R,Nagata Y,Nozato T,Ashikaga T,|

Sep 12th, 2021 - Despite the high burden of Staphylococcus aureus infections among persons who use drugs, limited data exist comparing outcomes of patient-directed discharge (also known as "against medical advice") vs. standard discharge among persons who use drug...

Sep 12th, 2021 - We aimed to explore the association between albuminuria and clinical outcomes in patients with diabetic foot osteomyelitis (DFO). This is an observational retrospective study and a total of 202 inpatients with DFO were eligible for inclusion in ou...

Nov 6th, 2018 - Imaging plays in important role in the evaluation of the acutely limping child. The decision-making process about initial imaging must consider the level of suspicion for infection and whether symptoms can be localized. The appropriateness of spec...

May 6th, 2017 - Infection of the musculoskeletal system is a common clinical problem. Differentiating soft tissue from osseous infection often determines the appropriate clinical therapeutic course. Radiographs are the recommend initial imaging examination, and a...

May 6th, 2017 - Stress fractures, including both fatigue and insufficiency types, are frequently encountered in clinical practice as a source of pain in both athletes and patients with predisposing conditions. Radiography is the imaging modality of choice for bas...

Aug 1st, 2015 - These guidelines are intended for use by infectious disease specialists, orthopedic surgeons, neurosurgeons, radiologists, and other healthcare professionals who care for patients with native vertebral osteomyelitis (NVO). They include evidence an...

May 24th, 2012 - Foot infections are a common and serious problem in persons with diabetes. Diabetic foot infections (DFIs) typically begin in a wound, most often a neuropathic ulceration. While all wounds are colonized with microorganisms, the presence of infecti...

Jun 18th, 2019 - BACKGROUND; In this study, T1, T2, and T2* represent parameters of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The T1 relaxation time, also known as the spin-lattice relaxation time, is a measure of how quickly the net magnetization vector (NMV) recovers to...

Jan 17th, 2011 - Nontyphoidal salmonellae (NTS) is one of the most important pathogens of gastroenteritis in humans. Although most nontyphoidal Salmonella infections result in self-limited gastroenteritis, invasive infections such as bacteremia, meningitis or extr...

May 28th, 2021 - Imagine a hospitalist, part of a group with 35 hospitalists, is in her second year of practice and is caring for a 55-year-old woman with a history of congestive heart failure and cirrhosis from hepatitis C due to heroin use. The patient was hospi...

Jul 9th, 2020 - Pasteurella multocida infection is the most common infection contracted from cat bites. It may also be complicated by sepsis. Wound infections associated with animal bites usually have a polymicrobial etiology. Complications include rapidly progre...

Apr 24th, 2020 - Diabetic nephropathy is usually considered after a routine urinalysis and screening for microalbuminuria in patients with diabetes mellitus. However, patients may have physical findings concordant with long-standing diabetes, such as peripheral va...

Mar 23rd, 2020 - MAUI, HAWAII – Chronic recurrent multifocal osteomyelitis (CRMO) in children and SAPHO syndrome in adults may well be a single clinical syndrome. Bruce Jancin/MDedge News Dr.

Jan 28th, 2020 - What you’ll see. Clinical signs and symptoms include pain in the pulp of the finger with tenderness and swelling.