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Post-traumatic osteomyelitis due to aeromonas species
L Gunasekaran1, S Ambalkar, R A Samarji
1Department of Microbiology, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Manchester, United Kingdom. lakshmipriya6@hotmail.com
Abstract:
We report a case of Aeromonas osteomyelitis due to injury in a sewage worker. He presented with cellulitis of the left foot. Radiographs showed evidence of osteomyelitis involving the head and neck of the fifth metatarsal. Aeromonas species was isolated from the tissue and swab from the foot. The head and neck of the fifth metatarsal were excised and the patient improved on 4 weeks of intravenous meropenem followed by 4 weeks of oral clindamycin and ciprofloxacin.
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