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infection of skin, subcutaneous, fat, or connective tissue (soft tissue infection)

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cellulitis

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infection of bone (marrow spaces)

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osteomyelitis

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infection of joint (synovial tissue, articular surfaces)

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septic arthritis

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group of people prone to infections by unusual organisms at unusual sites

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drug addicts

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MC organism for musculoskeletal infections*

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staph. aureus

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MC route of dissemination for musculoskeletal infections

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hematogenous

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growth plates inhibit ONLY this route of dissemination

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hematogenous

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MC locations for musculoskeletal infections (KHASS)

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  • knee
  • hip
  • ankle (distal tibia)
  • shoulder
  • spine
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two major categories of musculoskeletal infection

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  1. suppurative (pus, staph)

2. non-suppurative (Tb)

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bone marrow infection by pyogenic non-TB organism

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suppurative osteomyelitis

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clinical features of acute infection

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1 edema
2 lymphadenopathy
3 warm skin
4 cellulitis
5 joint pain
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4 radiographic stages of infection

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  1. latent stage (1-10 days)
  2. early stage (days 10-21)
  3. middle stage (weeks)
  4. late stage (months)
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symptoms of early stage infection

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  • spinal lesion
  • ST swelling
  • displaced lucent fat planes become mass like
  • osteopenia
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characteristics of middle stage infection

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permeative or lytic moth-eaten destruction and periosteal response; solid, laminated, codman’s trianlge

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characteristics of late stage infection

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  • cortical destruction
  • draining sinus
  • involucrum
  • cloaca
  • sequestrum
  • sclerosis
  • debris
  • loss of joint space
  • ankylosis
  • chronic incomplete resolution
  • immune deficient
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chalky, white area representing isolated dead bone; cortical and medullar infarcts

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sequestrum

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chronic periosteal response. pus lifts the periosteum and causes new one formation that tries to wall off the infection.

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involocrum

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bony collar

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involocrum

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draining sinus, more common with chronic disease

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cloaca

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a rare complication of cloaca is to develop a squamous cell carcinoma with malignant transformation has been called

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marjolin’s ulcer

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localized, aborted form of suppurative osteomyelitis that has localized pain worse at night and relived by aspirin

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brodie’s abscess formation

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oval, elliptical or serpiginous radiolucency surrounded by reactive sclerosis mimics osteoid osteoma. located in distal tibia.

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brodie’s abcess

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seen in chronic osteomyelitis and reactive sclerosis

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brodie’s abcess

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prognosis of infection

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  • better detection and tx today

- require antibiotic mgmnt

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infection of vertebral body
spondylitis
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tear drop distance normally
9 - 11 mm
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early radiographic features of spine infection
- rapid loss in disc space - endplate destruction - pre-vertebral ST swelling
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upper limit size of the retro-tracheal interspace (RTI)
22mm
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upper limit size of the retro-pharyngeal interspace (RPI)
7mm
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water is white on which film
T2 weighted MRI
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fat is white on which flim
T1 weighted MRI
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MC cause of suppurative osteomyelitis
staph. aureus
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both infections and tumors respect epiphyseal growth plates
FALSE: tumors respect the boundary but infections do not
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disc space loss with endplate destruction is a classic example of
spine infection
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risk groups for bone infection
- immunosupressed - diabetic - post surgical - vascular insufficiency - sickle celll anemia - IV drug users
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some organisms that cause bone infection and MC
- STAPH. AUREUS (90%) - mycobacterium TB - neisseria gonorrhea - pseudomonas - fungus - strep. pyogenes
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modes of infection
- trauma/post surgical - UTI - pneumonia - skin infections - open wound or cellulitis - heel sticks in infants
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routes of dissemination for bone infection
- HEMATOGENOUS (MC) - direct extension - direct implantation - postoperative
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growth plates inhibit which type of dissemination/spread
hematogenous; children affected less than adults or infants
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study done sensitive to metabolic activity and increased vascular supply
bone scan
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most important dx to consider when patient presents with unilateral sacroilitis
infection
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exam needed if loss in disc space and endplate destruction
think infection so; MRI
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osteomyelitis findings on an MRI
- decreased signal intensity T1 | - increased signal intensity T2
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*MC cause of infection-related death world wide "king of disease"
TB
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MC type of TB
secondary form of Tb
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MC location of TB in the spine
Spine TL junction
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first radiographic finding of TB in an adult
earliest - anterior disc space narrowing.
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phemster's triad indicative of
TB septic arthritis
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phemster's triad (JaMS)
- juxtarticular osteoporosis - marginal erosions - slow joint space loss
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type of TB found in spine, involving multiple levels with paraspinal cold abcesses, slower progression of jt destruction, poorer response to therapy
non-suppurative; as opposed to suppurative
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destructive changes of EPs and bodies w acute kyphotic angulation
gibbus formation
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TB associated with the spine
pott's disease
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Clinical findings associated with Tb
- positive Tb skin test 90-100% - chest film (+) for granulomas in 50% - wt loss, fever, chills, night sweats, tenderness in involved bones and jts
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Radiographic findings of Tb similar to suppurative BUT...
- multiple level paraspinal cold abscesses w Ca (parallel psoas major m.) - adult infxn typically starts in anterior endplate region - disc space narrowing earliest radiographic finding - vertebral collapse - decreased T1, increased T2 - much slower and indolent
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joint space loss and lytic destruction that crosses joint space indicate
septic arthritis

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