Chronic tibial osteomyelitis in children. A case review at Hospital Tengku Ampuan Afzan, Kuantan

Osteomyelitis in children has various clinical manifestations causing diagnostic and therapeutic difficulties. Inappropriate treatment of acute osteomyelitis may lead to chronic, serious and complicated condition. Chronic osteomyelitis continues to be a major cause of morbidity and disability in chi...

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Main Authors: Awang, Mohd Shukrimi, Sharifudin, Mohd Ariff, Zakaria@Mohamad, Zamzuri, Taib, Mai Nurul Ashikin
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Language:English
Published: Malaysian Medical Associations 2015
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spelling iium-430362015-08-10T09:15:47Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/43036/ Chronic tibial osteomyelitis in children. A case review at Hospital Tengku Ampuan Afzan, Kuantan Awang, Mohd Shukrimi Sharifudin, Mohd Ariff Zakaria@Mohamad, Zamzuri Taib, Mai Nurul Ashikin RB Pathology RD701 Orthopedics RD92 Wounds and injuries RJ101 Child Health. Child health services Osteomyelitis in children has various clinical manifestations causing diagnostic and therapeutic difficulties. Inappropriate treatment of acute osteomyelitis may lead to chronic, serious and complicated condition. Chronic osteomyelitis continues to be a major cause of morbidity and disability in children living in developing countries. We present three cases of tibial osteomyelitis that have different presentations and sequalae. Our intention is to alert our colleagues, particularly primary physicians, regarding the variety of presentation and the important of early diagnosis and treatment to reduce the risk of morbidity following osteomyelitis. Malaysian Medical Associations 2015-02 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/43036/1/chronic-tibial-osteomyelitis.pdf Awang, Mohd Shukrimi and Sharifudin, Mohd Ariff and Zakaria@Mohamad, Zamzuri and Taib, Mai Nurul Ashikin (2015) Chronic tibial osteomyelitis in children. A case review at Hospital Tengku Ampuan Afzan, Kuantan. Medical Journal of Malaysia, 70 (1). pp. 48-51. ISSN 0300-5283 http://www.e-mjm.org/2015/v70n1/chronic-tibial-osteomyelitis.pdf
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topic RB Pathology
RD701 Orthopedics
RD92 Wounds and injuries
RJ101 Child Health. Child health services
spellingShingle RB Pathology
RD701 Orthopedics
RD92 Wounds and injuries
RJ101 Child Health. Child health services
Awang, Mohd Shukrimi
Sharifudin, Mohd Ariff
Zakaria@Mohamad, Zamzuri
Taib, Mai Nurul Ashikin
Chronic tibial osteomyelitis in children. A case review at Hospital Tengku Ampuan Afzan, Kuantan
description Osteomyelitis in children has various clinical manifestations causing diagnostic and therapeutic difficulties. Inappropriate treatment of acute osteomyelitis may lead to chronic, serious and complicated condition. Chronic osteomyelitis continues to be a major cause of morbidity and disability in children living in developing countries. We present three cases of tibial osteomyelitis that have different presentations and sequalae. Our intention is to alert our colleagues, particularly primary physicians, regarding the variety of presentation and the important of early diagnosis and treatment to reduce the risk of morbidity following osteomyelitis.
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author Awang, Mohd Shukrimi
Sharifudin, Mohd Ariff
Zakaria@Mohamad, Zamzuri
Taib, Mai Nurul Ashikin
author_facet Awang, Mohd Shukrimi
Sharifudin, Mohd Ariff
Zakaria@Mohamad, Zamzuri
Taib, Mai Nurul Ashikin
author_sort Awang, Mohd Shukrimi
title Chronic tibial osteomyelitis in children. A case review at Hospital Tengku Ampuan Afzan, Kuantan
title_short Chronic tibial osteomyelitis in children. A case review at Hospital Tengku Ampuan Afzan, Kuantan
title_full Chronic tibial osteomyelitis in children. A case review at Hospital Tengku Ampuan Afzan, Kuantan
title_fullStr Chronic tibial osteomyelitis in children. A case review at Hospital Tengku Ampuan Afzan, Kuantan
title_full_unstemmed Chronic tibial osteomyelitis in children. A case review at Hospital Tengku Ampuan Afzan, Kuantan
title_sort chronic tibial osteomyelitis in children. a case review at hospital tengku ampuan afzan, kuantan
publisher Malaysian Medical Associations
publishDate 2015
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/43036/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/43036/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/43036/1/chronic-tibial-osteomyelitis.pdf
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