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Case Reports
. 2009 Jul;35(7):709-12.
doi: 10.1590/s1806-37132009000700013.

Sternal osteomyelitis caused by infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis

[Article in English, Portuguese]
Diego Michelon de Carli  1 , Mateus Dornelles Severo, Carlos Jesus Pereira Haygert, Marcelo Guollo, Alex Omairi, Vinícius Dallagasperina Pedro, Eduardo Pedrolo Silva, Arnaldo Teixeira Rodrigues
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Sternal osteomyelitis caused by infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis

[Article in English, Portuguese]
Diego Michelon de Carli et al. J Bras Pneumol. 2009 Jul.
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Abstract

We report the case of a 74-year-old male patient with a one-year history of chest pain in the suprasternal notch associated with erythema, edema and drainage of purulent material from a fistulous lesion. The patient was HIV-negative with no history of TB. A CT scan of the chest showed an osteolytic lesion in the sternum, and a biopsy revealed caseous granuloma, which, in the microbiological evaluation, was negative for fungi and acid-fast bacilli. The diagnosis of sternal osteomyelitis caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis was confirmed using PCR.

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