SHIGELLA OSTEOMYELITIS IN A FIT YOUNG MAN

Authors
TWUMDANSO K MARWAH S AHLBERG A
Citation
K. Twumdanso et al., SHIGELLA OSTEOMYELITIS IN A FIT YOUNG MAN, Tropical and geographical medicine, 45(2), 1993, pp. 88-89
Citations number
3
Categorie Soggetti
Tropical Medicine","Public, Environmental & Occupation Heath
Journal title
Tropical and geographical medicine → ACNP
ISSN journal
00413232
Volume
45
Issue
2
Year of publication
1993
Pages
88 - 89
Database
ISI
SICI code
0041-3232(1993)45:2<88:SOIAFY>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
A case of shigella osteomyelitis in an apparently healthy young man is presented. Pre-operative and intra-operative swabs taken from the sep tic focus grew Shigella flexneri. Patient was successfully treated wit h surgery and a course of Ampicillin.