1. Intracortical haematogenous osteomyelitis
- Author
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A J L Jowett, S W F Middleton, H Chesterfield, I Lasrado, M C Quaye, and F M Witham
- Subjects
Adult ,Male ,Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus ,medicine.medical_specialty ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Staphylococcal infections ,medicine.disease_cause ,Musculoskeletal Pain ,medicine ,Humans ,Tibia ,Abscess ,business.industry ,Osteomyelitis ,General Medicine ,Bowel resection ,biochemical phenomena, metabolism, and nutrition ,Staphylococcal Infections ,medicine.disease ,bacterial infections and mycoses ,Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus ,Magnetic Resonance Imaging ,Curettage ,Surgery ,Diaphysis ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Online Case Report ,business - Abstract
We present an unusual case of haematogenous osteomyelitis in the diaphysis of the tibia of an adult leading to a subacute presentation with an extracortical abscess. Fluid from the abscess grew methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) on culture; MRSA with the same antibiogram had been grown from the patient’s blood seven years earlier following a bowel resection. Drainage of the abscess and curettage of the bone lesion together with appropriate antibiotic therapy led to resolution of the osteomyelitis.
- Published
- 2014