Reactivation of Staphylococcus aureus osteomyelitis after 49 years

Widmer, A.; Barraud, G.E.; Zimmerli, W.

Schweizerische Medizinische Wochenschrift 118(1): 23-26

1988


ISSN/ISBN: 0036-7672
PMID: 3278368
Document Number: 318236
The treatment of chronic osteomyelitis is laborious and ill defined. We report the case of a 57-year-old woman admitted to hospital with Staphylococcus aureus septicemia due to relapse of osteomyelitis after an interval of 49 years. By surgical debridement, suction drainage and 8 months of high-dose antibiotic treatment we were able to control the infection in terms of clinical symptoms and laboratory parameters.

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