Dilemma in Differentiating between Acute Osteomyelitis and Bone Infarction in Children with Sickle Cell Disease: The Role of Ultrasound

BACKGROUND: Distinguishing between acute presentations of osteomyelitis (OM) and vaso-occlusive crisis (VOC) bone infarction in children with sickle cell disease (SCD) remains challenging for clinicians, particularly in culture-negative cases. We examined the combined role of ultrasound scan (USS),...

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Autores principales: Inusa, Baba P. D., Oyewo, Adeola, Brokke, Felicity, Santhikumaran, Gayathriy, Jogeesvaran, K. Haran
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3675051/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23755165
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0065001

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