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Brief Report

Bone and Joint Infections in Children and Adolescents in Luanda, Angola

by
Markus Pääkkönen
1,*,
Tuula Pelkonen
2,3,
Guilhermino Joaquim
2,
Luis Bernandino
2,
Tiina Pöyhiä
4,
Irmeli Roine
5 and
Heikki Peltola
3
1
Division of Diseases of the Musculoskeletal System, Turku University Hospital, University of Turku, 52 Turku, Finland
2
David Bernardino Children’s Hospital, R. Amilcar Cabral (Maianga), Luanda, Angola
3
New Children’s Hospital, Helsinki University Hospital, University of Helsinki, 347 Helsinki, Finland
4
Hus Medical Imaging Center, Department of Radiology, Helsinki University Hospital, University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
5
Faculty of Medicine, University Diego Portales, 8370007 Santiago, Chile
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Osteology 2021, 1(2), 80-85; https://doi.org/10.3390/osteology1020008
Submission received: 19 January 2021 / Revised: 12 March 2021 / Accepted: 2 April 2021 / Published: 19 April 2021
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Bone Biomechanics: Diseases, Treatment and Rehabilitation)
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We reviewed the characteristics of children hospitalized for bone and joint infections in Luanda, Angola. In a retrospective chart review of 45 patients with childhood osteomyelitis or septic arthritis, 51% of the patients had sickle cell disease, and these patients presented with lower hemoglobin and needed blood transfusion more frequently (p < 0.05). Out of all patients, 64% underwent surgical procedures; a pathological fracture occurred in 31% of the patients.
Keywords: osteomyelitis; septic arthritis; child; antibiotic; sickle-cell disease osteomyelitis; septic arthritis; child; antibiotic; sickle-cell disease

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Pääkkönen, M.; Pelkonen, T.; Joaquim, G.; Bernandino, L.; Pöyhiä, T.; Roine, I.; Peltola, H. Bone and Joint Infections in Children and Adolescents in Luanda, Angola. Osteology 2021, 1, 80-85. https://doi.org/10.3390/osteology1020008

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Pääkkönen M, Pelkonen T, Joaquim G, Bernandino L, Pöyhiä T, Roine I, Peltola H. Bone and Joint Infections in Children and Adolescents in Luanda, Angola. Osteology. 2021; 1(2):80-85. https://doi.org/10.3390/osteology1020008

Chicago/Turabian Style

Pääkkönen, Markus, Tuula Pelkonen, Guilhermino Joaquim, Luis Bernandino, Tiina Pöyhiä, Irmeli Roine, and Heikki Peltola. 2021. "Bone and Joint Infections in Children and Adolescents in Luanda, Angola" Osteology 1, no. 2: 80-85. https://doi.org/10.3390/osteology1020008

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Pääkkönen, M., Pelkonen, T., Joaquim, G., Bernandino, L., Pöyhiä, T., Roine, I., & Peltola, H. (2021). Bone and Joint Infections in Children and Adolescents in Luanda, Angola. Osteology, 1(2), 80-85. https://doi.org/10.3390/osteology1020008

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