[Chronic osteomyelitis due to Corynebacterium striatum in a female adolescent].
A case of a girl with chronic posttraumatic osteomyelitis of the right tibia with microbiological isolation of Bacillus spp. by conventional methods and confirmation by mass spectrometry MALDI-TOF (matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass) of Corynebacterium striatum is presented. Diagnostic methods, clinical manifestations, and resistance pattern of these infections are described.
Universidad de Antioquia, Colombia.
Claudia
C
Beltrán-Arroyave
Hospital General de Medellín, Medellín, Colombia.
Alejandro
A
Díaz-Díaz
Laboratorio Clínico PROLAB, Colombia.
Natalia
N
Loaiza-Díaz
D000293:Adolescent; D003352:Corynebacterium / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D003354:Corynebacterium Infections / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000382:microbiology; D019032:Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000382:microbiology; D013977:Tibia / Q000293:injuries* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery