Osteonecrosis in Children With Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome

Osteonecrosis is a debilitating bone disease affecting adults who have recovered from severe acute respiratory syndrome in Hong Kong and China, but there are no data on its prevalence in children. We report 5 children with magnetic resonance imaging evidence of osteonecrosis. In view of the high pre...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Pediatric infectious disease journal 2004-09, Vol.23 (9), p.888-890
Hauptverfasser:	Chan, Chun-Wing, Chiu, Wa-Keung, Chan, Chak-Chung, Chow, Eudora Y, Cheung, Ho-Man, Ip, Patricia Lai-Sheung
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Anti-Bacterial Agents Biological and medical sciences Child Cohort Studies Diseases of the osteoarticular system Drug Therapy, Combination - therapeutic use Female Follow-Up Studies Hip Joint - pathology Hong Kong - epidemiology Human viral diseases Humans Infectious diseases Knee Joint - pathology Magnetic Resonance Imaging - methods Male Medical sciences Osteonecrosis - diagnosis Osteonecrosis - drug therapy Osteonecrosis - epidemiology Prednisolone - therapeutic use Risk Assessment Sampling Studies SARS Virus - isolation & purification Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome - diagnosis Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome - drug therapy Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome - epidemiology Severity of Illness Index Vascular bone diseases Viral diseases Viral diseases of the respiratory system and ent viral diseases
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Zusammenfassung:	Osteonecrosis is a debilitating bone disease affecting adults who have recovered from severe acute respiratory syndrome in Hong Kong and China, but there are no data on its prevalence in children. We report 5 children with magnetic resonance imaging evidence of osteonecrosis. In view of the high prevalence and asymptomatic presentation of osteonecrosis, we suggest magnetic resonance imaging screening for osteonecrosis in children with severe acute respiratory syndrome.
ISSN:	0891-3668 1532-0987
DOI:	10.1097/01.inf.0000137570.37856.ea