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The First Confirmed Pediatric Chronic Osteomyelitis due to Coxiella Burnetii in Oman

We describe here the first confirmed case in Oman of chronic osteomyelitis due to Coxiella burnetii, in a previously healthy four-year-old Omani girl. After laboratory confirmation of C. burnetii infection using molecular and qualitative and quantitative serological assays, the case was successfully...

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Autores principales: Al-Kindi, Nawal, Al-Yaaqoubi, Mubarak, Al-Rashdi, Yahya, Al-Rashdi, Azza, Al-Ajmi, Abdullah, Al-Maani, Amal
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: OMJ 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9644042/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36458245
http://dx.doi.org/10.5001/omj.2023.03
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author Al-Kindi, Nawal
Al-Yaaqoubi, Mubarak
Al-Rashdi, Yahya
Al-Rashdi, Azza
Al-Ajmi, Abdullah
Al-Maani, Amal
author_facet Al-Kindi, Nawal
Al-Yaaqoubi, Mubarak
Al-Rashdi, Yahya
Al-Rashdi, Azza
Al-Ajmi, Abdullah
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description We describe here the first confirmed case in Oman of chronic osteomyelitis due to Coxiella burnetii, in a previously healthy four-year-old Omani girl. After laboratory confirmation of C. burnetii infection using molecular and qualitative and quantitative serological assays, the case was successfully managed with a combination of oral ciprofloxacin and cotrimoxazole and thereafter followed up for a long period without remission.
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spelling pubmed-96440422022-11-30 The First Confirmed Pediatric Chronic Osteomyelitis due to Coxiella Burnetii in Oman Al-Kindi, Nawal Al-Yaaqoubi, Mubarak Al-Rashdi, Yahya Al-Rashdi, Azza Al-Ajmi, Abdullah Al-Maani, Amal Oman Med J Case Reports We describe here the first confirmed case in Oman of chronic osteomyelitis due to Coxiella burnetii, in a previously healthy four-year-old Omani girl. After laboratory confirmation of C. burnetii infection using molecular and qualitative and quantitative serological assays, the case was successfully managed with a combination of oral ciprofloxacin and cotrimoxazole and thereafter followed up for a long period without remission. OMJ 2022-11-30 /pmc/articles/PMC9644042/ /pubmed/36458245 http://dx.doi.org/10.5001/omj.2023.03 Text en The OMJ is Published Bimonthly and Copyrighted 2022 by the OMSB. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial (CC BY-NC) 4.0 License. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/)
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Al-Kindi, Nawal
Al-Yaaqoubi, Mubarak
Al-Rashdi, Yahya
Al-Rashdi, Azza
Al-Ajmi, Abdullah
Al-Maani, Amal
The First Confirmed Pediatric Chronic Osteomyelitis due to Coxiella Burnetii in Oman
title The First Confirmed Pediatric Chronic Osteomyelitis due to Coxiella Burnetii in Oman
title_full The First Confirmed Pediatric Chronic Osteomyelitis due to Coxiella Burnetii in Oman
title_fullStr The First Confirmed Pediatric Chronic Osteomyelitis due to Coxiella Burnetii in Oman
title_full_unstemmed The First Confirmed Pediatric Chronic Osteomyelitis due to Coxiella Burnetii in Oman
title_short The First Confirmed Pediatric Chronic Osteomyelitis due to Coxiella Burnetii in Oman
title_sort first confirmed pediatric chronic osteomyelitis due to coxiella burnetii in oman
topic Case Reports
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9644042/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36458245
http://dx.doi.org/10.5001/omj.2023.03
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