Multifocal melioidosis with femoral osteomyelitis in a healthy 25-year-old traveller

BMJ Case Rep. 2016 Jul 18:2016:bcr2016216356. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2016-216356.

Authors

Anne Conrad¹, Florent Valour², Tristan Ferry², Florence Ader²; Lyon BJI Study Group

Affiliations

¹ Service de Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Hôpital de la Croix Rousse, Lyon, France.
² Service de Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Hôpital de la Croix Rousse, Lyon, France Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Lyon, France Centre International de Recherche en Infectiologie (CIRI), Inserm U1111, CNRS UMR5308, ENS de Lyon, UCBL1, Lyon, France.

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
Burkholderia pseudomallei
Ceftazidime
Doxycycline
Female
Femur / diagnostic imaging*
Femur / microbiology*
Femur / surgery
Humans
Levofloxacin
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Melioidosis / complications*
Melioidosis / diagnosis
Melioidosis / therapy
Osteomyelitis / diagnosis
Osteomyelitis / etiology*
Osteomyelitis / therapy
Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography
Travel*
Trimethoprim, Sulfamethoxazole Drug Combination

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Levofloxacin
Trimethoprim, Sulfamethoxazole Drug Combination
Ceftazidime
Doxycycline