Successful treatment of Mycobacterium ulcerans osteomyelitis with minor surgical debridement and prolonged rifampicin and ciprofloxacin therapy: a case report

INTRODUCTION: Treatment for osteomyelitis-complicating Mycobacterium ulcerans infection typically requires extensive surgery and even amputation, with no reported benefit from adjunctive antibiotics. CASE PRESENTATION: We report a case of an 87-year-old woman with M. ulcerans osteomyelitis that reso...

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Autores principales: O'Brien, Daniel P, Athan, Eugene, Hughes, Andrew, Johnson, Paul D
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2396654/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18439310
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-2-123

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2396654/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18439310
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-2-123

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