Open AccessOsteoperiostitis in Early Yaws: Case Series and Literature Review
Author(s) -
Natàlia Casamitjana,
Richard Hays,
Anthony Ipai,
B. Wau,
Quique Bassat
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1093/cid/ciq246
Subject(s) - medicine , periostitis , radiological weapon , penicillin , surgery , pediatrics , dermatology , antibiotics , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
We describe the clinical and radiological manifestations and outcome after treatment of 7 children who received a diagnosis of early yaws osteoperiostitis. Osteoperiostitis occurred some weeks after the primary infection, and the most common finding was hypertrophic periostitis of long bones. All treated patients had excellent responses to benzyl-penicillin therapy.
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