J Pediatr Infect Dis 2018; 13(01): 078-080
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1602787
Case Report
Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York

An Unusual Cause of Osteomyelitis of the Rib and the Scalp

Angelina Raghavendran
1   ESIC Medical College and Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
,
Aparna Jayaraman
1   ESIC Medical College and Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
,
Prasantha Kumar Gurusaran
1   ESIC Medical College and Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
,
Shobhana Sivathanu
1   ESIC Medical College and Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
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Publication History

10 October 2016

27 March 2017

Publication Date:
25 May 2017 (online)

Abstract

Salmonella osteomyelitis is unusual in nonsicklers. We report the case of a child with T-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) on maintenance therapy who developed osteomyelitis of two different flat bones. The culture grew Salmonella paratyphi B. Surgical drainage and appropriate antibiotic therapy led to complete resolution of this unusual infection.

 
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