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| Title: | Successful treatment of Mycobacterium ulcerans osteomyelitis with minor surgical debridement and prolonged rifampicin and ciprofloxacin therapy: a case report. |
| Authors: | O'Brien, Daniel P
Athan, Eugene
Hughes, Andrew
Johnson, Paul D |
| Affiliation: | Department of Infectious Diseases, The Geelong Hospital, Ryrie Street, Geelong, Australia. daniel.obrien@amsterdam.msf.org. |
| Citation: | Successful treatment of Mycobacterium ulcerans osteomyelitis with minor surgical debridement and prolonged rifampicin and ciprofloxacin therapy: a case report. 2008, 2:123notJ Med Case Reports |
| Publisher: | BioMed Central |
| Journal : | Journal of Medical Case Reports |
| Issue date: | Jun-2008 |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10144/29379 |
| DOI: | 10.1186/1752-1947-2-123 |
| PubMed ID: | 18439310 |
| Abstract: | ABSTRACT: 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 resolved following limited surgical debridement and 6 months of therapy with rifampicin and ciprofloxacin. CONCLUSION: M. ulcerans osteomyelitis can be successfully treated with limited surgical debridement and adjunctive oral antibiotics. |
| Language: | en |
| ISSN: | 1752-1947 |
| Rights: | Archived with Open Access permission |
| Appears in topics: | Other Diseases
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