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The Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (SCMR) is an international society focused on the research, education, and clinical application of cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR). "Cases of SCMR" is a case series hosted on the SCMR website ( https://www.scmr.org ) that demonstrates the utility and importance of CMR in the clinical diagnosis and management of cardiovascular disease. The COVID-19 Case Collection highlights the impact of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on the heart as demonstrated on CMR. Each case in series consists of the clinical presentation and the role of CMR in diagnosis and guiding clinical management. The cases are all instructive and helpful in the approach to patient management. We present a digital archive of the 2021 Cases of SCMR and the 2020 and 2021 COVID-19 Case Collection series of nine cases as a means of further enhancing the education of those interested in CMR and as a means of more readily identifying these cases using a PubMed or similar literature search engine.
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COVID-19 , Cardiovascular System , Humans , Magnetic Resonance Imaging , Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy , Predictive Value of TestsABSTRACT
We report a case of septic arthritis of a native knee joint due to Corynebacterium striatum, a rare and unusual cause of septic arthritis of native joints. The isolate was identified by a combination of phenotypic, mass spectrometric, and nucleic acid-based assays and exhibited high-level resistance to most antimicrobials.
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Arthritis, Infectious/diagnosis , Arthritis, Infectious/microbiology , Corynebacterium Infections/diagnosis , Corynebacterium Infections/microbiology , Corynebacterium/isolation & purification , Knee Joint/microbiology , Aged, 80 and over , Humans , MaleABSTRACT
UNLABELLED: Tuberculosis (TB) is a major global health problem, and musculoskeletal TB occurs in approximately 10% of extrapulmonary cases. In this article we describe 2 cases of ankle joint tuberculous arthritis. Both of the patients were immunocompromised and presented with chronic pain and swelling. Both patients described a history of antecedent ankle trauma. The clinical presentations were consistent with chronic septic arthritis and were nonspecific as to a particular etiology. The pathology and microbiology results revealed infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Tuberculous infection of bone and joint must be considered when predisposing epidemiological factors are present to avoid delay in therapy. Further exploration into the relationship of trauma to tuberculosis recrudescence is warranted. LEVEL OF CLINICAL EVIDENCE: 4.
