Introduction: Maxillary osteomyelitis is a rare phenomenon. If it occurs, evaluation for underlying disease especially osteopetrosis must be considered. Osteomyelitis occurs as a complication in 10% of the cases of osteopetrosis. Case report: This is a case report of maxillary osteomyelitis presented in a 15-year old boy with osteopetrosis.  In this case, the disease represented mainly with ...

Osteomyelitis is a significant complication of sickle cell disease (SCD), and several factors contribute to its pathogenesis, including altered expression of proinflammatory and anti-inflammatory cytokines. In view of the role of interleukin-10 (IL-10) as an anti-inflammatory cytokine, we tested the notion that SCD osteomyelitis is associated with a reduction in IL-10 secretion and, hence, prec...

Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Srinagarind Hospital, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen 40002, Thailand. Received for publication: August 19, 2010. Reprint request: Pornrith Pisuttimarn, M.D., Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Srinagarind Hospital, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen 40002, Thailand.

This paper presents a review of the current literature discussing topics of Charcot osteoarthropathy, osteomyelitis, diagnosing osteomyelitis, antibiotic management of osteomyelitis, and treatment strategies for management of Charcot osteoarthropathy with concurrent osteomyelitis.

A 3-year-old boy had had a soft-tissue swelling in the left temporal region for 6 months. The swelling was gradually increasing in size and had been associated with progressive diminution of vision for 4 months. Physical examination revealed perception of light only in the right eye and complete loss of vision in the left eye. The temporal swelling was cystic, nontender, and associated with for...

OBJECTIVES To describe a large series of patients with vertebral osteomyelitis (VO), and to compare the clinical, biological, radiological, and prognostic features of pyogenic (PVO), tuberculous (TVO), and brucellar vertebral osteomyelitis (BVO). METHODS A retrospective multicentre study, which included 219 adult patients with VO with confirmed aetiology, who were diagnosed between 1983 and 1...

Pediatric tuberculosis (TB) includes asymptomatic primary infection, progressive pulmonary TB and extra-pulmonary disease. Skeletal TB occurs in 1-6% of the extra-pulmonary cases commonly involving spine (50-65%), hip and knee joints[1]. Primary TB involving sternum is uncommon often causing a delay in clinical suspicion and diagnosis[2,3]. We report a 5 year-old with primary sternal tuberculou...