1. Infectious Diseases Grand Rounds -- Stanford University.
- Author
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Gomez, Carlos A.
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HEPATITIS C diagnosis , *WRIST radiography , *ANTIBIOTICS , *BLOOD testing , *COMMUNICABLE diseases , *HYPODERMIC needles , *INFECTION , *MICROBIAL sensitivity tests , *MYCOSES , *SPOROTRICHOSIS , *STAPHYLOCOCCAL diseases , *TUMOR necrosis factors , *HOSPITAL rounds , *METHICILLIN-resistant staphylococcus aureus , *CHEMICAL inhibitors - Abstract
The article describes the case of an adult male presenting with an atypical cause of osteo-articular infection. The patient was admitted due to severe bilateral wrist infection with superficial wound culture growing methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas putida. Radial bone histopathology analysis showed acute osteomyelitis with surrounding suppurative soft-tissue inflammation.
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- 2015