Reactivation of Clostridium tertium bone infection 30 years after the Iran–Iraq war

Clostridium tertium could be responsible forlate metal fragment bone and joint infection.LateC. tertium metal fragment bone and joint infections requires a multidisciplinary management. Late C. tertium metal fragment bone and joint infections requires metal extraction and prolonged antimicrobial the...

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Published in:BMJ case reports 2015-02, Vol.2015, p.bcr2014209169
Main Authors: Virot, Emilie, Servien, Elvire, Laurent, Frederic, Ferry, Tristan
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Amoxicillin - therapeutic use
Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use
Bioengineering
Bombs
Clostridium Infections - complications
Clostridium Infections - diagnosis
Clostridium Infections - drug therapy
Clostridium tertium - isolation & purification
Europe (West)
Foreign Bodies - diagnosis
Foreign Bodies - surgery
Humans
Images In
Iran
Iraq
Knee - diagnostic imaging
Life Sciences
Male
Middle-East
Osteomyelitis - diagnosis
Osteomyelitis - drug therapy
Osteomyelitis - etiology
Pristinamycin - therapeutic use
Radionuclide Imaging
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Warfare
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Summary:Clostridium tertium could be responsible forlate metal fragment bone and joint infection.LateC. tertium metal fragment bone and joint infections requires a multidisciplinary management. Late C. tertium metal fragment bone and joint infections requires metal extraction and prolonged antimicrobial therapy for healin.
ISSN:1757-790X
1757-790X
DOI:10.1136/bcr-2014-209169