PURPOSE OF REVIEW The cause, epidemiology, diagnosis, and treatment of osteoarticular infections have changed considerably in recent years. The current review includes the most up to date literature on pediatric septic arthritis and osteomyelitis. RECENT FINDINGS There is controversy over whether osteoarticular infection rates are increasing or decreasing. Changes in epidemiology may be relat...

Nontuberculous mycobacteria tenosynovitis and osteoarticular infections have increased during the past 25 years. At least 15 different species of atypical mycobacteria have been mentioned in the literature as the cause of orthopedic infections. Mycobacterium arupense is a recently discovered species that is closely related to the Mycobacterium terrae complex. A review of the literature found M ...

Two cases of documented osteoarticular infections caused by Kingella kingae in children are reported. The main bacteriological characteristics and antibiotic susceptibilities of these two isolates are described. The pathology of K. kingae, particularly in bones and joints, is reviewed.

the relation between microchimerism and allograft tolerance is still a mystery. in this study we determined the presence of peripheral blood microchimerism (pbmc) in female renal transplant recipients from living male donors with second round polymerase chain reaction (pcr). second round pcr was used to find y chromocome products. the degree of pbmc in renal transplant recipinents must be below...

Scientific Coordinator:: Professor Dr. Iancu Emil PLEȘEA PHD Student: Veronica HUPLEA 2014

In response to tuberculosis (TB) outbreaks in the United States in the late 1980s and early 1990s, U.S. hospitals spent tremendous resources to ensure a safer workplace. A remarkable decrease in nosocomial transmission resulted, along with a decrease in TB cases nationally. Federal standards have been promulgated to ensure a safer work environment for all U.S. workers potentially exposed to TB....