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Case Reports
. 2015 Oct 13:2015:bcr2015212359.
doi: 10.1136/bcr-2015-212359.

Post-traumatic chronic bone and joint infection caused by Butyricimonas spp, and treated with high doses of ertapenem administered subcutaneously in a 30-year-old obese man

T Ferry  1 , F Laurent  1 , P Ragois  2 , C Chidiac  1 ; Lyon BJI Study Group
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Case Reports

Post-traumatic chronic bone and joint infection caused by Butyricimonas spp, and treated with high doses of ertapenem administered subcutaneously in a 30-year-old obese man

T Ferry et al. BMJ Case Rep. .
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The patient with compartment syndrome following open radial fracture stabilised with external fixation (A). Favourable clinical aspect 1 month after fasciotomy (B). Radial pseudarthrosis (C) with subluxation (D). MRI revealing multiple intramedullary abscesses of the radius (E). Subcutaneous infusion of ertapenem using butterfly disposable needle (F) with tumefaction immediately following the injection in the lower left abdominal quadrant (G). Arthrodesis and favourable outcome (H) after 3 months of antimicrobial therapy.
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    1. Ferry T, Sénéchal A, Gagnieu MC et al. . Prolonged subcutaneous high dose (1 g bid) of ertapenem as salvage therapy in patients with difficult-to-treat bone and joint infection. J Infect 2012;65:579–82. doi:10.1016/j.jinf.2012.09.004 - DOI - PubMed

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