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.
Niazi
Sultan
S
Department of Medicine, Division on Critical Care, Pulmonary, Allergic, and Immunologic Diseases, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Batra
Vikas
V
Zangrilli
James G
JG
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