• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제76권2호
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• pp.80-83
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• 2014

Patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) are at higher risks of bacterial pneumonia than the general population, and the pathogen is the most commonly involved Streptococcus pneumoniae. We hereby report a case of pneumococcal pneumonia associated with leptomeningitis, osteomyelitis and epidural abscess in a patient with AIDS. He is being successfully treated with ampicillin/sulbactam and clindamycin. And because the pneumococcal infection is usually associated with morbidity and mortality rates in the setting of AIDS, we should consider for pneumococcal vaccinations among the AIDS populations.

• Journal of Oral Medicine and Pain
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• 제45권2호
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• pp.39-43
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• 2020

Chronic recurrent multifocal osteomyelitis (CRMO) is a rare idiopathic inflammatory bone disease characterized by pain and swelling without any detectable infectious factors, the main feature is mild to moderate bone pain. CRMO commonly develops in the metaphyses of long bones and clavicles in children or adolescents. Chronic nonbacterial osteomyelitis (CNO) is the isolated form of CRMO and the etiology of CNO is still unclear. This report describes a rare case of CNO of the mandible in an 8-year-old female patient. On the basis of clinical, histological, and radiological findings, CNO was diagnosed. The patient was asymptomatic after surgical curettage followed by antibiotic therapy. Cone beam CT scan revealed a nearly completed bone healing after three months.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제48권1호
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• pp.86-89
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• 2015

Primary sternal osteomyelitis is a rare disease. Common infectious organisms causing primary sternal osteomyelitis include Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Actinomyces species are common saprophytes of the oral cavity, but there have been few reports in the literature of primary sternal osteomyelitis caused by Actinomyces species. We describe a case of primary sternal osteomyelitis caused by Actinomyces israelii without pulmonary involvement.

• 대한핵의학회지
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• 제34권6호
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• pp.516-520
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• 2000

Acute osteomyelitis is usually shown as a localized area of increased activity (hot uptake) in the infectious focus on bone scintigraphy. In our patient, absence of radioactivity (cold lesion) was noted in the distal metaphyseal and diaphyseal regions of his right femur. Initial x-ray was interpreted as normal except for mild soft tissue swelling in the right thigh. The lesion was confirmed as an acute osteomyelitis with subperiosteal abscess on surgery. Staphylococcus aureus was the etiologic organism. We describe a case of acute osteomyelitis in a one-year-old boy shown as a cold lesion on bone scan.

• Pediatric Infection and Vaccine
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.139-142
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• 1998

BCG osteomyelitis is rare comlication and the incidence rate has been estimated to be 1/milion vaccinated neonate and infants. BCG osteomyelitis is also reported as a complication of intravesical BCG treatment for bladder carcinoma. We had experienced a 14 months old infant who presented swelling, tenderness and redness on left upper arm suspicious due to BCG vaccination. The MRI finding showed $2{\times}4{\times}4cm$ subcutaneous abscess with cortical defect on proximal humerus and axillary lymph adenopathy. The histologic finding showed diffuse caseous necrosis and Langhans type giant cell. We report A case of BCG osteomyelitis.

• Pediatric Infection and Vaccine
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.236-240
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• 2002

골수염은 신생아에서는 드문 질환이며 신생아 중환자실 입원 환아 100명당 1~3명 정도에서 나타난다. 척추의 골수염은 이 중 1~2%를 차지하며 진단상의 어려움과 합병증으로 치료가 어렵다. 환아는 재태연령 34+2주, 출생체중 1.6 kg으로 생후 22일째 혈액 배양에서 MRSA가 발견되어 2주간 항생제 치료 후 다시 발열이 있어 입원치료 하였다. 자기 공명 영상상 흉추 7~8 부위의 골수염이 나타나 8주간의 vancomycin 정맥치료 결과 임상적, 방사선학적으로 호전되어 퇴원하였다. 저자들은 MRSA의 감염으로 척추의 골수염을 가진 신생아 1례를 경험하였기에 보고하는 바이다.

• Journal of the Korean Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
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• 제26권5호
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• pp.514-518
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• 2000

Chronic osteomyelitis is often considered difficult to treat and may lead to refratory condition in oral and maxillofacial region. Clinical features of chronic osteomyelitis includes pain, swelling, pus discharge, and radiographic change. There are many kinds of treatment of chronic osteomyelitis. One of the most important factors in treating osteomyelitis are removal of infectious foci and administration of massive antibiotics. Recently we reviewed 29 patients with chronic osteomyelitis who visited in our department and treated successfully with our treatment protocols, consisting of surgical intervention and intravenous antibiotics for 2 weeks, and followed by oral antibiotics for 6 weeks. It is concluded that combination of surgical intervention and antibiotic therapy are sufficient to treat the chronic osteomyelitis in oral and maxillofacial region.

• Imaging Science in Dentistry
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• 제54권1호
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• pp.93-104
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• 2024

Chronic nonbacterial osteomyelitis(CNO) is histologically characterized by nonspecific osteitis. This inflammatory disorder, which lacks an infectious origin, typically presents with chronic pain and swelling at the affected site that can persist for months or even years. However, it is rare for CNO to affect the mandible. A 10-year-old girl presented with a primary complaint of pain in her left mandible. She had no significant medical or dental history. On examination, swelling was visible on the left buccal side, and imaging revealed radiolucent bone deterioration within the left mandible. This case report presents the radiological changes observed over a 12-year follow-up period. Variations in radiopacity, radiolucency, and periosteal reactions were noted periodically. This case highlights the radiological characteristics and findings that are crucial for the diagnosis of CNO, a condition for which no clear diagnostic criteria are currently available.

• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• 제48권1호
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• pp.85-87
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• 2010

We experienced a rare case of solitary syphilitic osteomyelitis of the skull without any other clinical signs or symptoms of syphilis. A 20-year-old man was referred due to intermittent headache and mild tenderness at the right parietal area of the skull with a palpable coin-sized lesion of softened cortical bone. On radiological studies, the lesion was a radiolucent well enhanced mass (17 mm in diameter). The erythrocyte sedimentation rate (52 mm/h) and C-reactive protein (2.24 mg/dL) were elevated on admission. Serum venereal disease research laboratory (VDRL) and Treponema pallidum haemagglutination assay (TPHA) tests were positive. There were no clinical signs or symptoms of syphilis. After treatment with benzathine penicillin, we removed the lesion and performed cranioplasty. The pathologic finding of the skull lesion was fibrous proliferation with lymphoplasmocytic infiltration forming an osteolytic lesion. In addition, a spirochete was identified using the Warthin-starry stain. The polymerase chain reaction study showed a positive band for Treponema pallidum. Solitary osteomyelitis of the skull can be the initial presenting pathological lesion of syphilis.

• Journal of the Korean Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
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• 제33권2호
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• pp.169-172
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• 2007

본 증례는 안면의 수포성 병변과 함께 치조골 괴사에 의한 자연적인 치아 발거가 나타난 경우이다. 환자는 대상포진과 악골 골수염에 대해 치료를 받고, 매달 정기적으로 경과 관찰 중이며, 골수염의 재발 징후 및 증상은 보이지 않고 현재까지는 양호하게 치유되고 있다. VZV가 재발하지 않는 한 예후는 양호할 것으로 생각된다. 괴사골과 이환치의 발거를 시행한 무치악부위는 일반적인 가철성 국소의치를 통해 수복되고 있다. 그러나, 병소의 하악관의 침범으로 인해서 우측 하악 영역의 감각이상은 여전히 남아 있다.