Acute osteomyelitis and septic arthritis are two infections whose frequencies are increasing
in pediatric patients. Acute osteomyelitis and septic arthritis need to be carefully assessed …

Impetigo, scabies, cellulitis and abscesses are common in Australian Aboriginal children.
These conditions adversely affect wellbeing and are associated with serious long term …

Historically, osteomyelitis was considered an infectious disorder. More recently,
inflammatory mechanisms were recognized causing a significant proportion of pediatric …

Acute hematogenous osteomyelitis and septic arthritis are not uncommon infections in
children and should be considered as part of the differential diagnosis of limb pain and …

Skin and soft tissue infections (SSTI) affect millions of people globally, which represents a
significant burden on ambulatory care and hospital settings. The role of sulfamethoxazole …

Diagnostic tools for the management of acute osteomyelitis (OM) and septic arthritis (SA)
have improved over the last decade. To investigate the influence and availability of magnetic …

Background Osteomyelitis in children may produce severe sequelae. However, the
frequency and distribution of such complications by type of osteomyelitis (chronic or acute) is …

Pediatric osteomyelitis remains challenging to treat. Detailed epidemiological data are
required to estimate future developments. Therefore, we aimed to analyze how the …

Purpose Childhood bone and joint infection (BJI) is a potentially severe disease that may
have permanent sequelae, including growth impairment and limb deformity. It has been …

Epidemiologic studies of pediatric bone and joint infection have been done mostly by
developed Western countries, and such results could be expected to be biased. Therefore …