discitis/creatinine

Infections by Candida sp. have increased notably and cause not only local but also systemic infections. It is rarely mentioned as an etiologic agent of osteomyelitis. Two cases of candidiasic spondylodiscitis are presented with the first being in a 33 year old intravenous drug using male who

The aim of the present study was to investigate the local pharmacokinetic properties and the systemic safety of vancomycin-impregnated cancellous bone grafts in the treatment of spondylodiscitis. Between 2010 and 2012, 8 patients (5 females, 3 males, mean age 68.75 y.) were treated with this method.

The patient, a 62-year-old man with a 3-year history of hyperuricemia, presented with severe neck pain, Achilles enthesopathy and polyarthralgia. He consumed alcohol heavily. The biochemical profile was normal except for elevated levels of CRP (3.6 mg/dl; normal < 0.3), uric acid (UA) (10.9 mg/dl;

Our propose is to evaluate CT-guided biopsies in suspected spondylodiscitis with respect to puncture site, microbiology findings, histopathology findings and impact on antibiotic therapy. 86 CT-guided spine interventions in suspected spondylodiscitis comprising 201 biopsy procedures were analyzed.

The clinical case of a 72-years old male is reported, admitted into a Medical Department through the Emergency Service, with a clinical picture of heavy lumbar pain, with walking compromise and acute urinary retention, lasting for several hours. Laboratory analysis revealed a marked elevation of

Although cocaine induced myopathy and myotoxicity are described in the literature, we report a rare case of cocaine induced paraspinal myositis presenting with acute sciatic symptoms. A 35-year-old man presented with acute left-sided sciatica and was discharged from the emergency department (ED). He

Backache, a common symptom, is rarely caused by infection of the lumbar discs. The authors present the case of a 60-year-old man with a Staphylococcus aureus septicemia and associated lumbar discitis in whom a pauci immune crescentic glomerulonephritis and renal failure developed. Treatment with

Aim of this study was to report the 204-week efficacy and safety results of a novel PI- and NRTI-sparing regimen for salvage therapy including maraviroc, raltegravir, etravirine in 28 failing HIV-infected patients with R5-tropic virus. The trend of laboratory parameters was tested by ANOVA for