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Case Reports
. 2007 Sep;100(9):903-5.
doi: 10.1097/SMJ.0b013e318063e69f.

Osteomyelitis concurrently caused by Staphylococcus aureus and Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Ing-Kit Lee  1 , Jien-Wei Liu
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Osteomyelitis concurrently caused by Staphylococcus aureus and Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Ing-Kit Lee et al. South Med J. 2007 Sep.

Abstract

We report the case of a 59-year-old woman who presented with fever and a cutaneous ulcer on her left ankle. In addition to Staphylococcus aureus growth from a blood culture, S aureus and Mycobacterium tuberculosis were both isolated from tissue specimens. This case highlights that osteomyelitis may be concurrently caused by S aureus and M tuberculosis. In a patient whose osteomyelitis due to S aureus responds poorly to clinical therapy, clinicians should suspect coexisting tuberculosis, especially in areas where tuberculosis is endemic.

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  • One patient, many lessons.
    Gerstein W. Gerstein W. South Med J. 2007 Sep;100(9):865-6. doi: 10.1097/SMJ.0b013e3181484462. South Med J. 2007. PMID: 17902284 No abstract available.

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