Fusiform bacterial sepsis. Metastases with osteomyelitis and hepatic abscess occurring in a chaotic family

Don C Van Dyke; Randell C Alexander; Stanley Perlman; Wilbur J Smith Jr; Steven A Dekowski

doi:10.1177/000992288902800910

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Fusiform bacterial sepsis. Metastases with osteomyelitis and hepatic abscess occurring in a chaotic family

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Fusiform bacterial sepsis. Metastases with osteomyelitis and hepatic abscess occurring in a chaotic family

Don C Van Dyke, Randell C Alexander, Stanley Perlman, Wilbur J Smith Jr and Steven A Dekowski

Clinical pediatrics, Vol.28(9), pp.423-425

09/1989

DOI: 10.1177/000992288902800910

PMID: 2766646

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Abstract

Cases of fusiform bacteria sepsis have been reported infrequently in the pediatric literature. This case demonstrates the severe metastatic complications of fusiform bacterial sepsis including osteomyelitis, with multiple pathological fractures, sepsis, and abscesses of the liver. In the diagnostic evaluation of the etiology for this uncommon infection, child abuse was discovered in all children of this family. In children with uncommon infections and no underlying etiology, child abuse should be considered.

Radiography

Leg - diagnostic imaging

Osteomyelitis - etiology

Liver Abscess - etiology

Humans

Child, Preschool

Male

Fusobacterium Infections - complications

Osteomyelitis - complications

Fusobacterium Infections - etiology

Liver Abscess - complications

Child Abuse

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Title: Subtitle: Fusiform bacterial sepsis. Metastases with osteomyelitis and hepatic abscess occurring in a chaotic family
Creators: Don C Van Dyke - Department of Pediatrics, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City 52242
Randell C Alexander
Stanley Perlman
Wilbur J Smith Jr
Steven A Dekowski
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Clinical pediatrics, Vol.28(9), pp.423-425
DOI: 10.1177/000992288902800910
PMID: 2766646
NLM abbreviation: Clin Pediatr (Phila)
ISSN: 0009-9228
eISSN: 1938-2707
Publisher: United States
Language: English
Date published: 09/1989
Academic Unit: Microbiology and Immunology; Stead Family Department of Pediatrics; Epidemiology; Iowa Neuroscience Institute; Infectious Disease (Pediatrics)
Record Identifier: 9983777475402771

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