Candidemia in an Orthopedic Patient Detected Coincidentally by Peripheral Blood Smear.

An elderly male, with a recent COVID-19 infection and cardiovascular comorbidities, experienced a prolonged hospitalization due to a periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) and bacteremia, post hip hemiarthroplasty. Despite the initial clinical improvement while on targeted antimicrobial therapy, the patient later developed a low-grade fever and signs of myelosuppression. In the May-Grünwald-Giemsa stain of peripheral blood smear (PBS), pseudohyphae among red blood cells (RBCs) and phagocytosed blastospores in neutrophils and monocytes were detected, indicating candidemia rather than contamination of the stain.

Does early repair of traumatic rotator cuff tears provide better outcomes? A systematic review.

Our aim was to systematically review literature of trauma related rotator cuff tears in order to evaluate the outcome and healing integrity in relation to time of surgery. Our research question was whether earlier surgical repair leads to superior functional results. This review was conducted according to PRISMA statement.

Periprosthetic hip fractures: an update into their management and clinical outcomes.

The Vancouver classification is still a useful tool of communication and stratification of periprosthetic fractures, but besides the three parameters it considers, clinicians should also assess additional factors.Combined advanced trauma and arthroplasty skills must be available in departments managing these complex injuries.Preoperative confirmation of the THA (total hip arthroplasty) stability is sometimes challenging.

COVID-19: The First 30 Days at a UK Level 1 Trauma Centre and Lessons Learnt.

Aims To analyse the learning points from the first 30 days of the COVID-19 lockdown at our institution. Patients & methods Following ethical approval, data were collected prospectively on all patients admitted under orthopaedics between March 23, 2020, and April 22, 2020. This included baseline demographics (sex, age), biochemical (blood tests), radiological (chest X-ray (CXR), computed tomography (CT)), nature and mechanism of injury, comorbidities, regular medication, observations, specific respiratory symptoms of COVID-19, management, operations, time to theatre, and outcome including mortality incidence.

A report of two cases of brucellar sacroiliitis without systemic manifestations in Greece.

We report 2 cases of sacroiliitis in a 13-year-old girl and an 11-year-old boy as the sole manifestation of Brucella melitensis infection. This is a rare condition. Throughout the course of the disease, neither the girl nor the boy had other signs of brucellosis.