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Vertebral osteomyelitis is an uncommon disease in children, presenting with signs and symptoms that, at least initially, make a correct diagnosis difficult to be achieved. The authors report five cases of vertebral osteomyelitis in children, describing its clinical and laboratory peculiarities. The usefulness of the different radiologic studies for the diagnosis and follow up of these patients is discussed. We confirm previous reports according to which, with adequate clinical and therapeutic management, the prognosis is good for most patients.
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The authors describe a case of neonatal osteoarthritis of the hip due to group B streptococcus and discuss the importance of recognizing this bacteria in the late focal infections of the newborn.
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Infecções por HIV/complicações , Transmissão Vertical de Doenças Infecciosas , Linfoma de Células B/virologia , Neoplasias do Seio Maxilar/virologia , Contagem de Linfócito CD4 , Pré-Escolar , Infecções por HIV/transmissão , Humanos , Linfoma de Células B/diagnóstico por imagem , Masculino , Neoplasias do Seio Maxilar/diagnóstico por imagem , Tomografia Computadorizada por Raios XRESUMO
The authors report a case of non-reactive tuberculosis diagnosed at autopsy. This is a very rare type of clinical presentation of tuberculosis and is usually associated with immunosuppression and gross abnormalities of haemopoiesis.