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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...
Autores principales: | O'Brien, Daniel P, Athan, Eugene, Hughes, Andrew, Johnson, Paul D |
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Formato: | Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2008
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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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