First case of osteomyelitis due to Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae: pubic osteomyelitis in a gored farmer

E. Denes; Y. Camilleri; F. Fiorenza; C. Martin

doi:10.1016/j.ijid.2014.11.015

International Journal of Infectious Diseases (Jan 2015)

First case of osteomyelitis due to Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae: pubic osteomyelitis in a gored farmer

E. Denes,
Y. Camilleri,
F. Fiorenza,
C. Martin

Affiliations

E. Denes: Infectious Diseases Department, Limoges Teaching Hospital, France
Y. Camilleri: Radiology Department, Limoges Teaching Hospital, France
F. Fiorenza: Orthopaedics Surgery Department, Limoges Teaching Hospital, France
C. Martin: Bacteriology Laboratory, Limoges Teaching Hospital, France

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2014.11.015
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 30, no. C
pp. 133 – 134

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We report the first proven case of osteomyelitis due to Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae. This infection occurred almost 20 years after traumatic inoculation of the bacterium, when the patient was gored by one of his cows. Diagnosis was made by bone biopsies, and treatment included rifampicin and levofloxacin for 3 months.

Published in International Journal of Infectious Diseases

ISSN: 1201-9712 (Print); 1878-3511 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: Netherlands
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Infectious and parasitic diseases
Website: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/international-journal-of-infectious-diseases/

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