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Case Reports
. 1994 Jan;5(1):28-32.
doi: 10.1155/1994/801012.

Disseminated Mycobacterium chelonae infection presenting as progressive multifocal osteomyelitis: Report of two cases and a review of the literature

D A Oelberg  1 , J Mendelson, M A Miller, A Dascal
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Case Reports

Disseminated Mycobacterium chelonae infection presenting as progressive multifocal osteomyelitis: Report of two cases and a review of the literature

D A Oelberg et al. Can J Infect Dis. 1994 Jan.

Abstract
in English, French

Two long term hospitalized patients developed disseminated infections caused by Mycobacterium chelonae, subspecies chelonae, over an eight-month period. In both cases, the disease was characterized by cutaneous and osseous involvement. The infections were indolent and marked by progressive bony destruction. These cases and a review of the literature are presented.

Deux patients ayant séjourné longtemps à l’hôpital ont développé une infection disséminée causée par Mycobacterium chelonae, sur une période de huit mois. Dans les deux cas, la maladie a été caractérisée par une atteinte osseuse et cutanée. Les infections ont été peu douloureuses et marquées par une destruction osseuse progressive. Ces deux cas sont présentés ici, de même qu’une revue de la littérature.

Keywords: Disseminated infections; Infection of bone; Mycobacterium chelonae.

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Figure 1
Radiographs of patient 2 at onset of disease (a) and six weeks later (b). Figure 1b shows marked destruction with bony loss of the left distal radius, as well as the second and fifth metacarpals, the first proximal phalanx and the second middle phalanx of the left hand. Soft tissue swelling of the right second digit and almost the entire left hand is present
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