Melioidosis is an uncommon infection caused by a Gram-negative bacillus, Pseudomonas pseudomallei. Only a few case reports of orthopaedic infection have been published in English, and most were of isolated septic arthritis or secondary to melioidosis of another organ. We have reviewed ten patients with localised melioidotic osteomyelitis; six had underlying conditions. We discuss the importance...

In 1807 Beers' described a condition which was later named blepharochalasis (Gk=eyelid slackening) by Fuchs.2 The condition consists of recurrent attacks of oedema of the eyelids and in chronic conditions the skin becomes reddish, thin, and redundant. Periorbital sequelae include ptosis, pseudoepicanthic fold with underlying nasal fat pad atrophy, blepharophimosis, proptosis, lower lid malposit...

Gerald Frankel, Geoffrey Thornton, Steven Street, Trevor Rayment, David Williams, Angus Cook, Alison Davenport, Simon Gibbon, Dirk Engelberg, Cem Örnek, Arjan Mol, Philippe Marcus, David Shoesmith, Clara Wren, Kirsi Yliniemi, Geraint Williams, Stuart Lyon, Rob Lindsay, Trevor Hughes, Johannes Lützenkirchen, Su-Ting Cheng, John Scully, Siaw Foon Lee, Roger Newman, Christopher Taylor, Ross Spring...