title: [Bone and joint infections due to unusual pathogens].
abstract: Between 1989 and 1993, 7 patients--2 men and 5 women from 19 to 70 years of age--with osteomyelitis due to an unusual organism were observed. 3 cases with Salmonella typhimurium and one at a time with Escherichia coli, Peptostreptococcus, Propionibacterium acnes and Pasteurella multocida. 5 patients were treated operative accompanied with antibiotics and 1 without operation. 1 patient declined the indicated surgical therapy. The outcome were total healing in 3 cases, healing with ankylosis of the concerning joints in 2 cases and healing with defect in 1 case.
authors.affiliation: Orthopädische Abteilung, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg.
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Schleicher
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Reichelt
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001170:Arthritis, Infectious / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000628:therapy; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000628:therapy; D016979:Pasteurella multocida / Q000302:isolation & purification; D010462:Peptostreptococcus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D011425:Propionibacterium acnes / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012486:Salmonella typhimurium / Q000302:isolation & purification
vernacular_title: Infektionen von Knochen und Gelenken durch seltene Erreger.