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J Bone Jt Infect
July 2024
Valley Fever Center for Excellence, College of Medicine - Tucson, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States of America.
: Coccidioidomycosis is a fungal infection endemic to the southwestern United States. Musculoskeletal manifestations are uncommon and seen in disseminated disease. While the involvement of the axial skeleton has been well described, the literature is limited on diseases involving the lower extremity.
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July 2024
Center for Pediatric Allergy and Rheumatology, KKR Sapporo Medical Center, Sapporo, Japan.
We report a 9-year-old Japanese girl with chronic non-bacterial osteomyelitis (CNO) accompanied by recurrent erythema nodosum (EN) which was successfully treated with salazosulfapyridine (SASP). She was referred to our hospital because of recurrent erythema on her lower extremities and persistent knee and ankle arthralgia, which had been present for approximately 1 year. Although naproxen, a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug, was initiated, her symptoms frequently recurred.
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March 2024
Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Baptist Health South Florida, Miami, USA.
We present a case detailing the successful reconstruction of the hindfoot in a 15-year-old male patient who suffered a self-inflicted shotgun wound. The patient had multiple complex fractures in these bones, resulting in considerable bone loss and the destruction of the articular surface. Considering the extent of the injuries and the failure of prior intervention from an outside surgeon, traditional reconstruction methods would not have adequately addressed the severity of the damage.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Am Acad Orthop Surg Glob Res Rev
March 2024
From the Department of Orthopedics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT (Mr. Compton, Dr. Certain, Dr. Nixon); Department of Anatomic Pathology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT (Dr. Ferguson); Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT (Dr. Certain).
In the United States, rates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection have been declining for decades. Osteoarticular tuberculosis of the ankle is rarely observed. We present the case of a 65-year-old man who immigrated to the United States from India 24 years before the onset of symptoms.
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February 2024
Department of Veterinary Medicine, Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul, Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul State 79070-900, Brazil.
Halicephalobus gingivalis is a free-living nematode that occasionally causes infections in horses. We report a rare case of limb fracture of horse caused by infection with H. gingivalis.
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