Unlabelled: Septic arthritis of native joints is uncommon, but the condition can be threatening to life and limb if left untreated.1 Septic arthritis of the acromioclavicular (AC) joint of the shoulder is particularly rare and has only appeared sparsely in medical literature, mainly through individual case reports. Early recognition and treatment of the condition is vital, but diagnosis of septic AC arthritis can be difficult due to its presentation with vague symptoms and nonspecific laboratory findings.
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April 2023
Unlabelled: A 36-year-old immunocompetent female presented to the emergency department (ED) with five days of headache and left-sided facial pain. Physical exam showed conjunctival injection of the left eye with multiple vesicular lesions distributed along the V1 dermatome. Labs were remarkable for mild elevation in erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) and c-reactive protein (CRP) with no elevation in white blood cell (WBC) count.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFStatins inhibit HMG-CoA reductase, the rate-limiting enzyme in the cholesterol biosynthesis pathway (CBP), and are used for the prevention of cardiovascular disease. The anti-inflammatory effects of statins may also provide therapeutic benefits and have led to their use in clinical trials for preeclampsia, a pregnancy-associated inflammatory condition, despite their current classification as category X (i.e.
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