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Metatarsal Salmonella enteritidis osteomyelitis in a healthy child
Limão, S; Carvalho, T; Sousa, H; Cunha, FNon-typhoidal Salmonella osteomyelitis in healthy children is a very rare condition. A previously healthy 7-year-old boy presented with foot pain following a small injury. Local inflammatory signs of the foot were observed, with a normal radiograph. Two weeks before, he had had gastroenteritis. Assuming cellulitis, flucloxacillin was began. Early during admission, surgical subcutaneous abscess drainage was perf...
Lipschütz ulcer and group A streptococcal tonsillitis
Limão, S; Ventura, A; Queirós, G; Cunha, FLipschütz ulcers (LU) are non-sexually related genital ulcers, rarely reported. We describe a healthy 11-year-old girl, who presented with fever and a painful vulvar ulcer associated with erythematous tonsillitis. Throat swab test for Group A Streptococcus (GAS) was positive. She was treated with amoxicillin. Further investigation was negative, including Herpes Simplex virus DNA from ulcer swab and serology for...
Doença oncológica em pediatria
Limão, S; Albuquerque, C; Rúbio, C; Machado, R; Carvalho, T; Paiva, M