Recurrent osteomyelitis caused by infection with different bacterial strains without obvious source of reinfection

Uckay, Ilker; Assal, Mathieu; Legout, Laurence; Rohner, Peter; Stern, Richard; Lew, Daniel Pablo; Hoffmeyer, Pierre; Bernard, Louis

doi:10.1128/JCM.44.3.1194-1196.2006

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Recurrent osteomyelitis caused by infection with different bacterial strains without obvious source of reinfection

ContributorsUckay, Ilker; Assal, Mathieu; Legout, Laurence; Rohner, Peter; Stern, Richard; Lew, Daniel Pablo; Hoffmeyer, Pierre; Bernard, Louis

Published inJournal of clinical microbiology, vol. 44, no. 3, p. 1194-1196

Publication date2006

Abstract

Recurrence of osteomyelitis by the same bacterial strain is well known. We report three patients with a second episode of osteomyelitis at the same site caused by different strains of bacteria from the original. Formerly infected and altered bone surface might present a region of diminished resistance for a new infection.

Keywords

Adult
Bacterial Infections/ microbiology
Enterobacter cloacae/isolation & purification
Enterobacteriaceae Infections/microbiology
Humans
Male
Methicillin Resistance
Middle Aged
Osteomyelitis/ microbiology
Pseudomonas Infections/microbiology
Pseudomonas aeruginosa/isolation & purification
Recurrence
Staphylococcal Infections/microbiology
Staphylococcus aureus/drug effects/isolation & purification

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Chirurgie orthopédique et traumatologique (98)

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UCKAY, Ilker et al. Recurrent osteomyelitis caused by infection with different bacterial strains without obvious source of reinfection. In: Journal of clinical microbiology, 2006, vol. 44, n° 3, p. 1194–1196. doi: 10.1128/JCM.44.3.1194-1196.2006

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PID : unige:7615
DOI : 10.1128/JCM.44.3.1194-1196.2006
PMID : 16517930

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