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