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S S Namnyak

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PubMed1992

Acute septic arthritis of the hip joint in infancy and childhood.

Forty-three children with 45 hip joint infections were admitted to the hospital between 1983 and 1988. The duration of symptoms was the single most important prognostic feature. Almost all children who were treated within four days of symptoms had a satisfactory outcome. Concomitant osteomyelitis of the proximal femur produced by far a worse prognosis than if the infection was confined to the synovium of the hip joint. In addition, patients whose hips were infected with Staphylococcus aureus bacteria were more likely to have a poor prognosis than those whose hips were infected with non-S. aureus bacteria.

Acute Disease↗
PubMed1990

Bone and joint manifestations of sickle cell anaemia.

We investigated 57 patients with sickle cell anaemia (HbSS) and bone and joint changes. Osteonecrosis simulating a wide range of conditions was a common radiological feature, and osteomyelitis occurred in 61% of cases. Salmonella species were the commonest causative organisms, occurring in 71% of patients with osteomyelitis, although salmonella septic arthritis occurred in only two. The distinction between vaso-occlusive bone crisis and acute osteomyelitis was often difficult since the classical clinical and radiological features and laboratory findings also occurred in bone infarction, a common feature of the disease.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1988

Prevalence of cryptosporidiosis in Dammam and Alkhobar, Saudi Arabia.

This report presents results from a 6-month study over the period 16 November 1986 to 15 May 1987 which was designed to investigate the prevalence of cryptosporidiosis in Dammam and Alkhobar, Saudi Arabia. A total of 209 stool specimens from children and 112 from adults with diarrhoea were examined. Only two (1%) of the children, both aged 2 years, were positive for Cryptosporidium spp. Giardia lamblia was found in 13 (4%) cases and was found to be the most common protozoan parasite, whereas Salmonella spp. was seen in 19 (6%) cases. Stool specimens were examined for rotavirus from children under 2 years of age; 31 (41%) of the specimens were positive.

Adult↗