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

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

doi:10.1128/JCM.44.3.1194-1196.2006

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

J Clin Microbiol. 2006 Mar;44(3):1194-6. doi: 10.1128/JCM.44.3.1194-1196.2006.

Authors

Ilker Uçkay¹, Mathieu Assal, Laurence Legout, Peter Rohner, Richard Stern, Daniel Lew, Pierre Hoffmeyer, Louis Bernard

Affiliation

¹ Division of Infectious Diseases, Geneva University Hospital, Switzerland.

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.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

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
Staphylococcus aureus / isolation & purification