Salmonella osteomyelitis after internal fixation of fracture.
A patient with Salmonella group D (Salmonella enteritidis) acute osteomyelitis of an operated femur is described. The patient failed to respond to chloramphenicol therapy and aztreonam therapy. The local infection that complicated the presence of a foreign body was eradicated only with the removal of the foreign body, an internal fixation plate.
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Department of Orthopaedic Surgery B, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Israel.
Ezra
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Lin
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Horoszowski
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Rubinstein
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D000368:Aged; D001860:Bone Plates / Q000009:adverse effects; D005264:Femoral Fractures / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D005593:Fracture Fixation, Internal / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D011859:Radiography; D012480:Salmonella Infections / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D012477:Salmonella enteritidis / Q000302:isolation & purification