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Cureus
December 2024
Infectious Disease, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore, SGP.
Nontyphoidal is a common cause of gastroenteritis but can also lead to bacteremia and extraintestinal infections, including meningitis (more frequent in children and infants), endovascular infections (e.g., endocarditis and infected aneurysms), urinary tract infections, and bone or bone marrow infections (e.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFOtol Neurotol
January 2025
Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery.
Objective: This study aims to identify 18F-FDG-PET imaging features for improving treatment response evaluation in patients with necrotizing otitis externa (NOE), aiding in the difficult differentiation between sterile inflammation and active infection.
Study Design: Retrospective cohort study.
Setting: Tertiary hospital.
Clin Nucl Med
December 2024
From the Department of Nuclear Medicine, Weifang Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, Shandong Second Medical University. Weifang City.
A 66-year-old woman presented with 9 days of left clavicle pain, with no history of recent trauma. CT images showed a left clavicle fracture with a surrounding soft tissue mass. An 18F-FDG PET/CT scan revealed increased FDG uptake in the tonsils, multiple lymph nodes, and the pathologically fractured clavicle, initially suggesting malignancy.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Pediatr
December 2024
Department of Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA.
There has been a significant, postpandemic increase in the incidence of serious head and neck infections among children aged <18 years since 2021, compared with the stable incidence of nontransmissible osteomyelitis and serious head and neck infections in adults from 2018 to 2023. The etiology of this increase requires further study.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEur Arch Otorhinolaryngol
December 2024
Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel.
Purpose: Necrotizing otitis externa (NOE) is a serious life-threatening infection, with Pseudomonas (PA) aeruginosa being the primary causative agent. Over the last two decades the use of systemic anti-PA antibiotics expanded substantially and are now prescribed regularly by physicians. Meanwhile, studies indicate shifting trends in the incidence of the offending pathogen in NOE.
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