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. 1977;5(1):46-8.
doi: 10.1007/BF01639109.

Osteomyelitis caused by mycobacterium fortuitum

A Ohry, M Brooks, T Steinbach, R Rozin

Osteomyelitis caused by mycobacterium fortuitum

A Ohry et al. Infection. 1977.

Abstract

A case of osteomylitis of the foot and ankle bones with subsequent complications is presented. Antibiotic therapy was unsuccessful and a below-knee amputation was performed. A comparison of the various Mycobacteria species and their role as etiologic agents in osteomyelitis follows.

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