Subject(s)
Burns/complications , Joint Dislocations/etiology , Ossification, Heterotopic/etiology , Burns/therapy , Elbow Joint/diagnostic imaging , Hip Contracture/diagnostic imaging , Hip Contracture/etiology , Hip Dislocation/diagnostic imaging , Hip Dislocation/etiology , Humans , Infant , Joint Dislocations/diagnostic imaging , Male , Ossification, Heterotopic/diagnostic imaging , Physical Therapy Modalities , Radiography , Shoulder Dislocation/etiology , Shoulder Joint/diagnostic imagingABSTRACT
Mycobacterium kansasii infection of the knee joint was diagnosed in an 11-year-old boy on the basis of skin testing to atypical mycobacteria, and a positive culture from a synovial tissur biopsy. Appropriate antituberculose drugs shoud be institute as sole treatment if no bony destruction is present. Ifthere is no response to chemtherapy, synovectomy should be performed.
Subject(s)
Arthritis, Infectious/pathology , Knee Joint , Mycobacterium Infections/pathology , Mycobacterium , Nontuberculous Mycobacteria , Child , Humans , Knee Joint/pathology , Male , Mycobacterium Infections/microbiology , Synovial Membrane/pathologyABSTRACT
Eighteen patients with serious Bacteroides infections were treated with systemic clindamycin-2-phosphate. Sixteen patients recovered without complications while two patients died. Few side effects were noted. The infections treated included septic abortion, posthysterectomy infections, pelvic inflammatory disease, perforation of the bowel, postoperative complications of abdominal surgery and pancreatic abscess. The clinical usefulness of this drug in treating Bacteroides infection is confirmed.
