ALLMedicine™ Septic Arthritis Center

Jun 22nd, 2022 - Septic arthritis (SA) is a musculoskeletal emergency for which prompt diagnosis and treatment are critical. However, traditional diagnostic criteria of a synovial fluid (SF) white blood-cell count (WBC) of >50,000 cells/mm3 or >90% polymorphonucle...

Jun 16th, 2022 - Musculoskeletal infections, including septic arthritis, osteomyelitis, and soft tissue infections, are critical morbidity factors for children and adolescents. This study investigated the role of D-dimer levels for diagnosing childhood musculoskel...

Jun 16th, 2022 - Background: The term temporomandibular disorders is used to describe a wide spectrum of functional modifications and pathological conditions involving the temporomandibular joints, masticatory muscles and other surrounding structures. Temporomandi...

Jun 7th, 2022 - Peritonsillar abscess is a common presentation of complicated acute tonsillitis. The temporomandibular joint septic arthritis is an uncommon clinical entity while its complications are further rare. We present a case of a man in his late 30s who p...

Jun 7th, 2022 - Melioidosis is an emerging infectious disease with highest predominance in Southeast Asia, but it has a significantly lower incidence across other parts of the globe. The most common systemic involvement seen in melioidosis is pulmonary, followed ...

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...

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...

Jun 16th, 2022 - Background: The term temporomandibular disorders is used to describe a wide spectrum of functional modifications and pathological conditions involving the temporomandibular joints, masticatory muscles and other surrounding structures. Temporomandi...

Jun 3rd, 2022 - Shoulder arthroplasty provides successful improvement in pain and function for the treatment of end stage osteoarthritis (OA) of the shoulder in the older patient population (Sanchez 2008, Sampson 2010, Kon 2012, Fitzpatrick 2017). However, the op...

May 26th, 2022 - Secondary Objectives: Search for poor prognostic factors in native septic arthritis of the knee. To look for an association between initial sonographic factors and the use of joint lavage. Look for associations between sonographic signs and clinic...

Apr 22nd, 2022 - This is a prospective, observational study of patients presenting to the emergency departments at 9 EMERGEncy ID NET sites. The objectives of the proposed study are to: Describe the range and proportion of infectious agents in synovial fluid as de...

Mar 10th, 2022 - This trial is a nationwide, non inferiority, multicenter French randomized, open-label, controlled trial comparing two treatment durations, 3 versus 6 weeks, in septic arthritis of native joints. Patients who fulfill inclusion criteria will be ran...

Mar 9th, 2022 - Although psoriatic arthritis is not the only disease associated with dactylitis — other culprits are sarcoidosis, septic arthritis, tuberculosis, and gout — dactylitis is one of the characteristic symptoms of psoriatic arthritis. Dactylitis is see.

Sep 15th, 2021 - Pneumococcal infections are caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae, a gram-positive, catalase-negative organism simply called pneumococcus. S pneumoniae is the most frequent cause of community-acquired pneumonia, bacterial meningitis, bacteremia, and ...

Sep 15th, 2021 - Pneumococcal infections are caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae, a gram-positive, catalase-negative organism simply called pneumococcus. S pneumoniae is the most frequent cause of community-acquired pneumonia, bacterial meningitis, bacteremia, and ...

Sep 8th, 2021 - Streptococcus pneumoniae infections are a common cause of bacterial infection in children. Pediatric infections caused by this pathogen include otitis media, sinusitis, occult bacteremia, pneumonia, meningitis, osteomyelitis, septic arthritis, per...

Sep 8th, 2021 - Streptococcus pneumoniae infections are a common cause of bacterial infection in children. Pediatric infections caused by this pathogen include otitis media, sinusitis, occult bacteremia, pneumonia, meningitis, osteomyelitis, septic arthritis, per...