title: Skeletal infections in cirrhotics.
abstract: There are few reports of skeletal infections in patients with cirrhosis. We present two such cases, both with alcoholic liver disease, seen over a period of one year. The first, a 46-year-old man, presented as pyrexia of unknown origin, and was found to have pyogenic discitis; he responded to antibiotic and surgery. The second, a 42-year-old man, presented with chest wall abscess and was diagnosed to have tubercular osteomyelitis; he expired despite treatment with non-hepatotoxic anti-tubercular drugs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Amrita Lane, Elamakkara P O, Cochin 682 026, India. gastro@aimshospital.org
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rajesh
authors.forename: Rajiv
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mehta
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Nandakumar
authors.forename: Shine
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sadasivan
authors.forename: Anil
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: John
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Balakrishnan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015299:Discitis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000150:complications*; D008104:Liver Cirrhosis, Alcoholic / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000209:etiology*; D014394:Tuberculosis, Osteoarticular / Q000209:etiology*