Journal article
Immune Deficiency, Thrombocytopenia and Osteomyelitis in Pediatric Patients
The Yale journal of biology & medicine, Vol.51(4), pp.435-440
1978
PMCID: PMC2595619
PMID: 751324
Abstract
Surgical decompression of osteomyelitis in pediatric patients should be an essential part of therapy in most cases. The initial deferral of prompt decompression in two patients because of underlying chronic, hemorrhagic (thrombocytopenic) disorders—one with Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome and one with Gaucher's disease—resulted in more serious and prolonged courses of the infectious processes. The complications might have been ameliorated by earlier drainage in each case. Based upon the experience gained from these two patients, we recommend early drainage, with appropriate treatment of the hemorrhagic disorder, to prevent more widespread dissemination or prolongation of osseous infection in similarly affected children.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Immune Deficiency, Thrombocytopenia and Osteomyelitis in Pediatric Patients
- Creators
- Charles R ClarkKendrick E LeeJohn A OgdenL. Sue McIntosh
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- The Yale journal of biology & medicine, Vol.51(4), pp.435-440
- PMID
- 751324
- PMCID
- PMC2595619
- ISSN
- 0044-0086
- eISSN
- 1551-4056
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 1978
- Academic Unit
- Orthopedics and Rehabilitation
- Record Identifier
- 9984040461502771
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