Musculoskeletal system infections

This chapter addresses immunosuppressive drugs, or immunosuppressants, that are currently available to prevent the rejection of transplants or to treat specific diseases caused by an autoimmune response. Clearly, these drugs must be used very cautiously because too much suppression of the immune system will increase a patient s susceptibility to infection from foreign pathogens. Likewise, these drugs are rather toxic and often cause a number of adverse effects to the kidneys, lungs, musculoskeletal system, and other tissues. Nonetheless, immunosuppressive agents are often life-... 

Generally speaking, US-guided procedures for the musculoskeletal system are quite simple to carry out but - like other percutaneous procedures - they include a definite, although minimal, risk of infection and should not be performed in the active phases of an infection or in patients affected... 

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Lyme disease is complex and highly variable in its clinical manifestations in 3 stages (1) localized erythema migrans (2) involvement of skin, musculoskeletal, nervous, lymphatic, cardiovascular and other systems and (3) chronic infection... 

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