Pneumococcal osteomyelitis: report of one case.
Acute osteomyelitis is uncommon in pediatric patients, affecting one in five thousand children younger than the age of thirteen. Bone infection caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae is extremely rare, accounting for only 1.3% of acute osteomyelitis in children. We report a case of penicillin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae-induced acute osteomyelitis in a 7-month-old male infant who was treated successfully with intravenous vancomycin and oral clindamycin.
Huang
W Luke
WL
Department of Pediatrics, Mennonite Christian Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan.
Wuz
Tse-Ming
TM
Yu
Chin-Kung
CK
Cheng
Yung-Long
YL
Lien
Chun
C
D024881:Drug Resistance, Bacterial; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000382:microbiology*; D013296:Streptococcus pneumoniae / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification*