Acute osteomyelitis in congenital hypofibrinogenemia. Academic Article

abstract

• A 10-month-old female child presented with intermittent high grade fever, pain and diffuse swelling in the left knee joint with history of ecchymosis in different areas of the body. There was radiological features of acute osteomyelitis, low fibrinogen level and bacteremia due to the presence of coagulase positive staphylococcus aureus. The child responded nicely to the treatment for acute osteomyelitis and congenital hypofibrinogenemia. So, in congenital hypofibrinogenemia, a joint swelling might be a resultant of an acute osteomyelitis, not mere hemarthrosis.

authors

• Datta, Sumana

published proceedings

• Indian J Pediatr

author list (cited authors)

• Datta Kanjilal, S., & Bagchi, S.

citation count

• 3

complete list of authors

• Datta Kanjilal, Sumana||Bagchi, S

publication date

• June 2006

publisher

• Springer Nature  Publisher

published in

• Indian Journal of Pediatrics  Journal

keywords

• Acute Disease
• Afibrinogenemia
• Anti-Bacterial Agents
• Factor VIII
• Female
• Fibrinogen
• Humans
• Infant
• Osteomyelitis
• Staphylococcal Infections
• Staphylococcus Aureus

PubMed Central ID

• 16816518

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1007/BF02759901

start page

• 529

end page

• 530

volume

• 73

issue

• 6

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/bf02759901