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JBJS Rev
October 2024
Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.
Background: Seasonal trends in hospitalization for childhood bone and joint infection (BJI) are reported inconsistently. True seasonal variation would suggest an element of disease risk from environmental factors. This review evaluates all reported seasonal variations in childhood BJI, with additional analysis of seasonal trends for diseases secondary to Kingella kingae.
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October 2024
Orthopedic, Sports Medicine, and Spine Institute, Nicklaus Children's Hospital, Miami, USA.
Bacterial osteomyelitis, an inflammatory response in the bone caused by microorganisms, typically affects the metaphysis in the skeletally immature. Bacterial osteomyelitis possesses a significant diagnostic challenge in pediatric patients due to its nonspecific clinical presentation. Because the metaphysis is the primary focus of infection in skeletally immature patients, understanding the normal physiologic, maturation process of bones throughout childhood allows to understand the pathophysiology of osteomyelitis.
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February 2024
Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, Soroka University Medical Center, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel.
Infect Dis Now
November 2023
Pediatric Infectious Pathology Group of the French Pediatric Society, Créteil, France; Université Paris Est, IMRB-GRC GEMINI, 94000 Créteil, France; Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal de Créteil, France; ACTIV, Association Clinique et Thérapeutique Infantile du Val de Marne, Créteil des Fossés, France. Electronic address:
Most osteoarticular infections (OAI) occur via the hematogenous route, affect children under 5 years of age old, and include osteomyelitis, septic arthritis, osteoarthritis and spondylodiscitis. Early diagnosis and prompt treatment are needed to avoid complications. Children with suspected OAI should be hospitalized at the start of therapy.
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July 2023
Orthopaedic Surgery, Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, Portsmouth, Virginia, USA.
Pyogenic flexor tenosynovitis is relatively common but is seldom reported in young children. is increasingly recognised as a causative agent. We report on an infant who presented with a palmar deep space infection and pyogenic flexor tenosynovitis caused by is a fastidious, often culture-negative, organism which has been increasingly recognised as a cause of paediatric orthopaedic infections, including flexor tenosynovitis.
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