Melioidosis manifesting as chronic femoral osteomyelitis in patient from Ghana
A 33-year-old man from Ghana who had diabetes also had chronic osteomyelitis of the femoral shaft. Tissue samples from surgical debridement grew Burkholderia pseudomallei. He received meropenem, followed by oral trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole and doxycycline, and fully recovered without complications...
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| author | Mabayoje, DA Kenna, DTD Dance, DAB NicFhogartaigh, C |
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| description | A 33-year-old man from Ghana who had diabetes also had chronic osteomyelitis of the femoral shaft. 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 | oxford-uuid:8b68a636-d585-4360-9eda-c51bc6ad9b432022-03-26T22:37:52ZMelioidosis manifesting as chronic femoral osteomyelitis in patient from GhanaJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:8b68a636-d585-4360-9eda-c51bc6ad9b43EnglishSymplectic ElementsCenters for Disease Control and Prevention2021Mabayoje, DAKenna, DTDDance, DABNicFhogartaigh, CA 33-year-old man from Ghana who had diabetes also had chronic osteomyelitis of the femoral shaft. 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. |
| spellingShingle | Mabayoje, DA Kenna, DTD Dance, DAB NicFhogartaigh, C Melioidosis manifesting as chronic femoral osteomyelitis in patient from Ghana |
| title | Melioidosis manifesting as chronic femoral osteomyelitis in patient from Ghana |
| title_full | Melioidosis manifesting as chronic femoral osteomyelitis in patient from Ghana |
| 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 |
| title_short | Melioidosis manifesting as chronic femoral osteomyelitis in patient from Ghana |
| title_sort | melioidosis manifesting as chronic femoral osteomyelitis in patient from ghana |
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