UNLABELLED: Septic osteomyelitis of the hip in a previously healthy child is described. A weakly toxigenic Corynebacterium diphtheriae strain was isolated from the bone aspirate. The results of the treatment were rapidly satisfactory, after surgical drainage and antibiotic therapy with pristinamycin. CONCLUSION: This case report shows that C. diphtheriae has not disappeared in the developed world and can be responsible of systemic infections.
UNLABELLED: Septic osteomyelitis of the hip in a previously healthy child is described. A weakly toxigenic Corynebacterium diphtheriae strain was isolated from the bone aspirate. The results of the treatment were rapidly satisfactory, after surgical drainage and antibiotic therapy with pristinamycin. CONCLUSION: This case report shows that C. diphtheriae has not disappeared in the developed world and can be responsible of systemic infections.
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