Chronic granulomatous disease presenting with osteomyelitis: favorable response to treatment with interferon-gamma
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P J Gill1, E Goddard, D W Beatty
1Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Cape Town, Red Cross Children's Hospital, South Africa.
Journal of Pediatric Orthopedics
|May 1, 1992
Abstract:
A 3-year-old boy with chronic granulomatous disease presented with abscesses related to underlying osteomyelitis. Treatment with appropriate antibiotics resulted in resistance of the organisms. Treatment with interferon-gamma was encouraging in that it caused the osteomyelitis to heal and prevented its relapse when used as long-term prophylaxis.