ALLMedicine™ Osteomyelitis Center

Mar 17th, 2023 - Infection is one of the challenging complications after open reduction and internal fixation for ankle fractures. Previously published case series conclude that Staphylococcus aureus is the most frequent causative microorganism. An unexpected incr...

Mar 16th, 2023 - History After successful colonization, S pneumoniae can cause a wide variety of clinical symptoms. By direct extension from the nasopharynx, S pneumoniae infection can spread and then manifest as otitis media, sinusitis, tracheobronchitis, bronchi...

Mar 16th, 2023 - Practice Essentials Pneumococcal infections are caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae, a gram-positive, catalase-negative organism commonly referred to as pneumococcus. S pneumoniae is the most common cause of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), bact...

Mar 16th, 2023 - Practice Essentials Pneumococcal infections are caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae, a gram-positive, catalase-negative organism commonly referred to as pneumococcus. S pneumoniae is the most common cause of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), bact...

Mar 16th, 2023 - History After successful colonization, S pneumoniae can cause a wide variety of clinical symptoms. By direct extension from the nasopharynx, S pneumoniae infection can spread and then manifest as otitis media, sinusitis, tracheobronchitis, bronchi...

Nov 28th, 2022 - Musculoskeletal infections involve bones, joints, and soft tissues. These infections are a common clinical scenario in both outpatient and emergent settings. Although radiography provides baseline findings, a multimodality approach is often implem...

May 14th, 2022 - Imaging plays an integral role in the evaluation of suspected musculoskeletal infections in children, not only in the accurate identification of infection such as osteomyelitis or septic arthritis, but also in guiding management. Various diagnosti...

Aug 6th, 2021 - This clinical practice guideline for the diagnosis and treatment of acute hematogenous osteomyelitis (AHO) in children was developed by a multidisciplinary panel representing Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society (PIDS) and the Infectious Diseases...

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...

Mar 10th, 2023 - This is a Phase 2b clinical study, multicenter, randomized, open-label, assessor-blinded, superiority study. The study will compare dalbavancin to standard of care antibiotic therapy for the completion of therapy in patients with complicated bacte...

Mar 7th, 2023 - Through the use of a pro- and retrospective registry, the investigators will collect information on patient characteristics including age, co-morbidities, imaging and biopsy information, and prior treatments. Information on treatment details will ...

Mar 1st, 2023 - The purpose of this European, multicentric, prospective, non-interventional study is to document and evaluate the efficacy and safety of the treatment of severely infected patients with intravenously administered fosfomycin, including patients wit...

Mar 1st, 2023 - Trial 1: At enrollment (Day 1), the investigator will prescribe empiric antibiotic treatment based on instructions provided in the protocol and determine the most appropriate route of administration (oral or IV) according to the patient's conditio...

Mar 1st, 2023 - The bacterium Staphylococcus aureus frequently colonizes the human skin and mucous membranes. Longitudinal studies usually divide S. aureus carriers into either persistent or intermittent carriers, but because the number of samplings, the follow-u...

Feb 17th, 2023 - Older patients prescribed an atypical antipsychotic for hospitalization-related delirium more often stayed on it past the recommended duration than if prescribed a typical antipsychotic, researchers reported. Among nearly 6,000 patients 65 and old...

Jan 13th, 2023 - Vancomycin is a commonly used glycopeptide antibiotic used to treat infections caused by gram-positive organisms. Vancomycin is most often used as a parenteral agent for empiric or definitive treatment of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureu.

Dec 22nd, 2022 - The patient is diagnosed with atopic dermatitis (AD) complicated by skin infection. AD is the most common chronic pruritic inflammatory skin disorder that affects both children and adults.

Nov 18th, 2022 - PHILADELPHIA — An international group of researchers has proposed the first classification criteria for chronic nonbacterial osteomyelitis (CNO) and a severe form of it, chronic recurrent multifocal osteomyelitis (CRMO). CNO/CRMO most frequently a...

Nov 9th, 2022 - A 70-year-old veteran with a history notable for type 2 diabetes mellitus, complicated by peripheral neuropathy and bilateral foot ulceration, and previous pulmonary tuberculosis (treated in June 2013) presented to an outside medical facility with.