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    relatively rare fungal osteomyelitis as mycetoma infection entails the use of antifungal medications. In contrast to bacterial osteomyelitis, amputation or large...
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  • Vertebral osteomyelitis is a type of osteomyelitis (infection and inflammation of the bone and bone marrow) that affects the vertebrae. It is a rare bone...
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  • Osteomyelitis of the jaws is osteomyelitis (which is infection and inflammation of the bone marrow, sometimes abbreviated to OM) which occurs in the bones...
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  • characteristics. An entity initially known as chronic recurrent multifocal osteomyelitis was first described in 1972. Subsequently, in 1978, several cases of...
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  • Garre's sclerosing osteomyelitis is a type of chronic osteomyelitis also called periostitis ossificans and Garré's sclerosing osteomyelitis. It is a rare disease...
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  • Chronic recurrent multifocal osteomyelitis (CRMO) is a rare condition (1:1,000,000), in which the bones have lesions, inflammation, and pain. It is called...
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  • Xanthogranulomatous osteomyelitis is a peculiar aspect of osteomyelitis characterized by prevalent histiocytic infiltrate and foamy macrophage clustering...
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    arthritis, infectious arthritis, suppurative arthritis, pyogenic arthritis, osteomyelitis, or joint infection is the invasion of a joint by an infectious agent...
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  • worsening mouth infection. Other rare but dangerous complications include osteomyelitis, cavernous sinus thrombosis, and deep neck space infection. Dental pain...
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    abscesses, to life-threatening diseases such as pneumonia, meningitis, osteomyelitis, endocarditis, toxic shock syndrome, bacteremia, and sepsis. It is still...
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  • Anaerobic bacteria are often found in osteomyelitis of the long bones especially after trauma and fracture, osteomyelitis associated with peripheral vascular...
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  • More specifically, it can refer to one of the following conditions: Osteomyelitis, or infectious osteitis, mainly bacterial osteitis Alveolar osteitis...
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    A Brodie abscess is a subacute osteomyelitis, appearing as an accumulation of pus in bone, frequently with an insidious onset. Brodie's abscess is characterized...
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    used for the treatment of a number of bacterial infections, including osteomyelitis (bone) or joint infections, pelvic inflammatory disease, strep throat...
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  • resort for people with severe and potentially fatal illnesses such as osteomyelitis, tumors, severe traumas and intractable decubiti in, or around, the...
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    characterized by subperiosteal abscess associated with osteomyelitis. It is characterized by an osteomyelitis of the frontal bone, either direct or through haematogenic...
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    symptoms related to the specific underlying infection such as mastitis, osteomyelitis, necrotising fasciitis, or pneumonia. TSS is typically caused by bacteria...
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    to be recognized. It is best known as a cause of septic arthritis, osteomyelitis, spondylodiscitis, bacteraemia, and endocarditis, and less frequently...
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  • vaso-occlusive crisis present with pain (mild to severe) and a history of sickle cell anemia. Differential diagnosis Neuropathic pain, hyperalgesia, osteomyelitis...
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    multiplying cells Radiograph of affected area to look for periostitis or osteomyelitis Fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) of lymph node Chest X-ray and...
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    applications of fly larvae in human medicine, especially for treating osteomyelitis". Medical and Veterinary Entomology. 2 (3): 225–230. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2915...
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    Condensing osteitis Other names focal sclerosing osteomyelitis Cone beam CT scan presenting a diffuse hyperdense lesion in the apex of a mandibular molar...
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  • there in the 1980s. He said that the amputations alongside developing osteomyelitis had left him unable to work. After the trial, Lorena attempted to keep...
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    Some disease processes caused by pyogenic infections are impetigo, osteomyelitis, septic arthritis and necrotizing fasciitis. Many species of bacteria...
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  • infections away from the original site of infection, such as endocarditis or osteomyelitis.[citation needed] Treatment for bacteremia is with antibiotics, and...
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    caries as well as various systemic infections, including meningitis and osteomyelitis. It has also been isolated from women with bacterial vaginosis and has...
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    risk of causing an infected surgical site with delayed healing (e.g. osteomyelitis or cellulitis). Avoids reduced efficiency of local anesthetics caused...
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    Exostoses are sometimes shaped like spurs, such as calcaneal spurs. Osteomyelitis, a bone infection, may leave the adjacent bone with exostosis formation...
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  • insensitive. TIRM is superior in the assessment of osteomyelitis and in suspected head and neck cancer. Osteomyelitis appears as high intensity areas. In head and...
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    Priapism and infarction of the penis Osteomyelitis (bacterial bone infection), the most common cause of osteomyelitis in SCD is Salmonella (especially the...
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