Pyogenic sacroilitis is an infrequent osteoarticular infection, and its diagnosis is a challenge in young children. A series of 20 cases is described. The median age was 15 months, 75% of them being under 2 years old. Fourteen (70%) reported fever. Refusal to sit was the main reason for consultation. Final diagnosis was confirmed by bone scintigraphy. All patients achieved a complete resolution without sequelae.
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Reumatol Clin (Engl Ed)
April 2024
Rheumatology Department, Kassab Orthopedics Institute, Ksar Saïd, Tunisia; Faculty of Medicine of Tunis, University Tunis el Manar, Tunisia; Research Unit UR17SP04, Ksar Saïd, 2010 Tunis, Tunisia.
Introduction And Objectives: Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) sensitivity and specificity seem to be less studied in enthesitis-related arthritis (ERA). We aimed to determine the ability of sacroiliac MRI to diagnose ERA patients.
Materials And Methods: We conducted a retrospective study including 44 patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA).
Pediatr Infect Dis J
September 2020
TEDDY Network (European Network of Excellence for Pediatric Clinical Research), Italy.
Pyogenic sacroilitis is an infrequent osteoarticular infection, and its diagnosis is a challenge in young children. A series of 20 cases is described. The median age was 15 months, 75% of them being under 2 years old.
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October 2012
Clinic for Infectious Diseases, Clinical Center of University of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Introduction: Osteoarticular manifestations of human brucellosis occur in 20-40% of patients while spondylodiscitis is the most severe form of the bone and joint structures involvements.
Aim: The aim of this paper is tho show clinical and radiological caracteristics of osteoarticular forms of brucellosis, with special reference to spondylodiscitis.
Material And Methods: The medical histories of 120 hospitalized patients at the Clinic for Infectious Diseases, Clinical Center of Sarajevo University, diagnosed with brucellosis, were analyzed.
Trop Doct
October 2005
Department of Infectious Diseases, Babol Medical University, Babol 4717641367, Iran.
This prospective study was conducted on 111 children with brucellosis, who attended the Department of Infectious Diseases, Babol, Iran, from September 1999 to March 2003. Fever (73.9%), sweating (67.
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