Atypical mycobacterial osteomyelitis in a non-AIDS patient.
Disseminated Mycobacterium avium intercellulare (MAI) infection is rare in non-AIDS patients. We report a 60-year-old woman with chronic lung disease who developed vertebral osteomyelitis due to MAI. She was treated successfully with combined therapy consisting of rifampin, ethambutol, and clarithromycin.
Department of Medicine, Division on Critical Care, Pulmonary, Allergic, and Immunologic Diseases, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Sultan
S
Niazi
Vikas
V
Batra
James G
JG
Zangrilli
D017291:Clarithromycin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004977:Ethambutol / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D015270:Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare Infection / Q000188:drug therapy*; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D012293:Rifampin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae
D004977:Ethambutol; D017291:Clarithromycin; D012293:Rifampin