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Cat Scratch Disease: 9 Years of Experience at a Pediatric Center
Amin O, Rostad CA, Gonzalez M, Rostad BS, Caltharp S, Quincer E, Betke BA, Gottdenker NL, Wilson JJ, Shane AL, Elmontser M, Camacho-Gonzalez A, Senior T, Smith O, Anderson EJ, Yildirim I. Cat Scratch Disease: 9 Years of Experience at a Pediatric Center. Open Forum Infectious Diseases 2022, 9: ofac426. PMID: 36072697, PMCID: PMC9439574, DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofac426.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCat-scratch diseaseClinical featuresAtypical clinical manifestationsPediatric hospital systemMajority of casesPediatric centersAtypical presentationCanine exposureCat exposureMedian ageRegional lymphadenopathyClinical manifestationsHepatic microabscessesPhysical examinationScratch diseaseMedical recordsPolymerase chain reactionRisk factorsSchool-aged childrenRetrospective analysisCytopathological resultsPatient careLymphadenopathyRadiographic imagingHospital system
2020
Microbiology and radiographic features of osteomyelitis in children and adolescents with sickle cell disease
Kao CM, Yee ME, Maillis A, Lai K, Bakshi N, Rostad BS, Jerris RC, Lane PA, Yildirim I. Microbiology and radiographic features of osteomyelitis in children and adolescents with sickle cell disease. Pediatric Blood & Cancer 2020, 67: e28517. PMID: 32710705, PMCID: PMC8369475, DOI: 10.1002/pbc.28517.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSickle cell diseaseMethicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureusMagnetic resonance imagingAntibiotic treatmentOperative culturesCell diseaseLarge tertiary pediatric centerPrescribed antibiotic treatmentTertiary pediatric centerCulture-positive casesKey presenting symptomsChildren ages 6Bone painMicrobiologic etiologyPresenting symptomPediatric centersBone infarctsMedical chartsMicrobiologic findingsRadiographic featuresImaging featuresOsteomyelitisProbable osteomyelitisDiagnostic codingTissue debridement