[Chronic osteomyelitis due to Corynebacterium striatum in a female adolescent]

Rev Chilena Infectol. 2016 Dec;33(6):696-699. doi: 10.4067/S0716-10182016000600014.
[Article in Spanish]

Abstract

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Corynebacterium / isolation & purification*
  • Corynebacterium Infections / diagnostic imaging*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Osteomyelitis / diagnostic imaging*
  • Osteomyelitis / microbiology
  • Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization
  • Surgical Wound Infection / diagnostic imaging*
  • Surgical Wound Infection / microbiology
  • Tibia / injuries*
  • Tibia / microbiology
  • Tibia / surgery