PHALANGEAL OSTEOMYELITIS DUE IO NAIL BITING

Authors
TOSTI A PELUSO AM BARDAZZI F MORELLI R BASSI F
Citation
A. Tosti et al., PHALANGEAL OSTEOMYELITIS DUE IO NAIL BITING, Acta dermato-venereologica, 74(3), 1994, pp. 206-207
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Dermatology & Venereal Diseases
Journal title
Acta dermato-venereologica → ACNP
ISSN journal
00015555
Volume
74
Issue
3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
206 - 207
Database
ISI
SICI code
0001-5555(1994)74:3<206:PODINB>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
The authors report a 39-year-old man who developed a phalangeal osteom yelitis of the right thumb in consequence of nail biting. Cultures gre w Staphylococcus arrreus. Treatment with intravenous teicoplamine 400 mg/day for 3 weeks resulted in complete cure of infection.