Melioidosis Manifesting as Chronic Femoral Osteomyelitis in Patient from Ghana

A 33-year-old man from Ghana who had diabetes had chronic osteomyelitis of the femoral shaft develop. Tissue samples from surgical debridement grew Burkholderia pseudomallei. He received meropenem, followed by oral trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole and doxycycline, and fully recovered without complicati...

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Autores principales: Mabayoje, Diana Ayoola, Kenna, Dervla T.D., Dance, David A.B., NicFhogartaigh, Caoimhe
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8714192/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34757896
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2801.211800
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description A 33-year-old man from Ghana who had diabetes had chronic osteomyelitis of the femoral shaft develop. Tissue samples from surgical debridement grew Burkholderia pseudomallei. He received meropenem, followed by oral trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole and doxycycline, and fully recovered without complications. Our case report extends the range of countries in Africa as sources of culture-confirmed melioidosis.
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spelling pubmed-87141922022-01-04 Melioidosis Manifesting as Chronic Femoral Osteomyelitis in Patient from Ghana Mabayoje, Diana Ayoola Kenna, Dervla T.D. Dance, David A.B. NicFhogartaigh, Caoimhe Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch A 33-year-old man from Ghana who had diabetes had chronic osteomyelitis of the femoral shaft develop. Tissue samples from surgical debridement grew Burkholderia pseudomallei. He received meropenem, followed by oral trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole and doxycycline, and fully recovered without complications. Our case report extends the range of countries in Africa as sources of culture-confirmed melioidosis. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2022-01 /pmc/articles/PMC8714192/ /pubmed/34757896 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2801.211800 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Emerging Infectious Diseases is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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title_fullStr Melioidosis Manifesting as Chronic Femoral Osteomyelitis in Patient from Ghana
title_full_unstemmed Melioidosis Manifesting as Chronic Femoral Osteomyelitis in Patient from Ghana
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8714192/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34757896
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2801.211800
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