<it>Mycobacterium haemophilum </it>osteomyelitis: case report and review of the literature
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p><it>Mycobacterium haemophilum </it>is a slow-growing, fastidious, iron-requiring microorganism that, relative to other non-tuberculous mycobacterial species, has rarely been documented as a cause of human infection. This...
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| description | <p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p><it>Mycobacterium haemophilum </it>is a slow-growing, fastidious, iron-requiring microorganism that, relative to other non-tuberculous mycobacterial species, has rarely been documented as a cause of human infection. This microorganism appears to be acquired via environmental exposure although its natural habitat and mode of acquisition are unknown. It has primarily been implicated as a cause of ulcerating cutaneous or subcutaneous nodular skin lesions, particularly in immunocompromised patients, although infections at extracutaneous sites have also been described. Osteomyelitis, while rarely documented, appears to be an important complication of infection with <it>M. haemophilum </it>in these patients.</p> <p>Case presentation</p> <p>We describe a unique case of culture-confirmed <it>M. haemophilum </it>osteomyelitis in an adult woman with polycythemia vera and review the world literature on bone infections due to this organism.</p> <p>Conclusion</p> <p><it>Mycobacterium haemophilum </it>is an important but infrequently encountered cause of osteomyelitis in immunocompromised patients, often requiring months to years of medical therapy, with or without surgery, to effect a clinical cure.</p> |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8a5434c984574dab858fd632252c6c262022-12-22T03:05:12ZengBMCBMC Infectious Diseases1471-23342006-04-01617010.1186/1471-2334-6-70<it>Mycobacterium haemophilum </it>osteomyelitis: case report and review of the literatureRead RonElsayed Sameer<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p><it>Mycobacterium haemophilum </it>is a slow-growing, fastidious, iron-requiring microorganism that, relative to other non-tuberculous mycobacterial species, has rarely been documented as a cause of human infection. This microorganism appears to be acquired via environmental exposure although its natural habitat and mode of acquisition are unknown. It has primarily been implicated as a cause of ulcerating cutaneous or subcutaneous nodular skin lesions, particularly in immunocompromised patients, although infections at extracutaneous sites have also been described. Osteomyelitis, while rarely documented, appears to be an important complication of infection with <it>M. haemophilum </it>in these patients.</p> <p>Case presentation</p> <p>We describe a unique case of culture-confirmed <it>M. haemophilum </it>osteomyelitis in an adult woman with polycythemia vera and review the world literature on bone infections due to this organism.</p> <p>Conclusion</p> <p><it>Mycobacterium haemophilum </it>is an important but infrequently encountered cause of osteomyelitis in immunocompromised patients, often requiring months to years of medical therapy, with or without surgery, to effect a clinical cure.</p>http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2334/6/70 |
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| title_full_unstemmed | <it>Mycobacterium haemophilum </it>osteomyelitis: case report and review of the literature |
| title_short | <it>Mycobacterium haemophilum </it>osteomyelitis: case report and review of the literature |
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