Osteomyelitis concurrently caused by Staphylococcus aureus and Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Ing Kit Lee; Jien Wei Liu

doi:10.1097/SMJ.0b013e318063e69f

Osteomyelitis concurrently caused by Staphylococcus aureus and Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Ing Kit Lee, Jien Wei Liu^*

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Abstract

We report the case of a 59-year-old woman who presented with fever and a cutaneous ulcer on her left ankle. In addition to Staphylococcus aureus growth from a blood culture, S aureus and Mycobacterium tuberculosis were both isolated from tissue specimens. This case highlights that osteomyelitis may be concurrently caused by S aureus and M tuberculosis. In a patient whose osteomyelitis due to S aureus responds poorly to clinical therapy, clinicians should suspect coexisting tuberculosis, especially in areas where tuberculosis is endemic.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	903-905
Number of pages	3
Journal	Southern Medical Journal
Volume	100
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1097/SMJ.0b013e318063e69f
State	Published - 09 2007

Keywords

Dual infection
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Osteomyelitis
Staphylococcus aureus

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Osteomyelitis concurrently caused by Staphylococcus aureus and Mycobacterium tuberculosis

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