Osteoperiostitis in early yaws: case series and literature review.

Abstract

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.

• Authors: Oriol Mitjà, Russell Hays, Anthony Ipai, Bonnie Wau, Quique Bassat
• Journal: Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (Clin Infect Dis) Vol. 52 Issue 6 Pg. 771-4 (Mar 15 2011) ISSN: 1537-6591 [Electronic] United States
• PMID: 21367729 (Publication Type: Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Anti-Bacterial Agents
• Penicillin G

Topics

• Anti-Bacterial Agents (administration & dosage)
• Bone and Bones (pathology)
• Child
• Child, Preschool
• Female
• Humans
• Male
• Penicillin G (administration & dosage)
• Periostitis (diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, drug therapy, pathology)
• Radiography
• Time Factors
• Treatment Outcome
• Treponema pallidum (isolation & purification)
• Yaws (complications, drug therapy, pathology)