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Abscess/diagnosis , Abscess/transmission , Bacterial Toxins/genetics , Child Day Care Centers , Exotoxins/genetics , Leukocidins/genetics , Staphylococcal Skin Infections/diagnosis , Staphylococcal Skin Infections/transmission , Staphylococcus aureus/genetics , Staphylococcus aureus/pathogenicity , Abscess/surgery , Child, Preschool , Female , Genotype , Humans , Mass Screening , Recurrence , Staphylococcal Skin Infections/surgery , Virulence/geneticsABSTRACT
Duplications of the male urethra are rare congenital malformations. They do not represent a uniform entity making it difficult to find an unequivocal and comprehensive classification. Management is directed by the individual functional situation. In this presentation two morphologically and functionally differing cases of a sagittal urethral duplication are described and aspects of diagnosis and treatment discussed.
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Urethra/abnormalities , Child , Child, Preschool , Humans , Male , Rectal Fistula/congenital , Rectal Fistula/surgery , Reoperation , Urethra/surgery , Urethral Diseases/congenital , Urethral Diseases/surgery , Urethral Stricture/congenital , Urethral Stricture/surgery , Urinary Fistula/congenital , Urinary Fistula/surgery , Urinary Incontinence/congenital , Urinary Incontinence/surgery , UrographyABSTRACT
The authors undertook a retrospective review of the clinical records and radiologic findings of eight children with chronic, recurrent multifocal osteomyelitis (CRMO). This disease is a recognized clinicopathologic entity with typical radiographic findings, mostly in the metaphyses of the long bones. The diagnosis is one of exclusion without pathognomonic findings. The patients were treated with non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. There was no evidence of altered bone growth or abnormal joint development. It is concluded that CRMO is a distinct clinical entity that is different from acute or subacute bacterial osteomyelitis. Recognition of this condition is important to avoid treatment with antibiotics and repeated operations.
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Osteomyelitis , Adolescent , Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal/therapeutic use , Child , Child, Preschool , Chronic Disease , Diagnosis, Differential , Female , Humans , Male , Osteomyelitis/diagnosis , Osteomyelitis/diagnostic imaging , Osteomyelitis/drug therapy , Radiography , Recurrence , Retrospective StudiesABSTRACT
While the hepato- and nephrotoxicity of carbon tetrachloride (CCl4) in men and animals are well characterized, little is known about the haematological effects of CCl4 poisoning. Therefore some haematological parameters were investigated after oral administration of CCl4 and the CCl4-metabolite chloroform in rats. The haemoglobin concentration in the blood was significantly reduced 7 days after administration of CCl4. Chloroform produced a decrease of the relative reticulocyte count at the same time. All effects are moderate and reversible.