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Nocardia brasiliensis-associated femorotibial osteomyelitis

2013; Elsevier BV; Volume: 20; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.ijid.2013.11.002

1878-3511

Samuel Vanegas, Rafael Franco‐Cendejas, Antonio Cicero, Luis Esaú López-Jácome, Claudia Colin, Melissa Hernández,

Infectious Disease Case Reports and Treatments

We report a case of femorotibial osteomyelitis due to Nocardia brasiliensis. Nocardia spp are a rare cause of bone infections, and the majority of such cases are associated with the spine. This type of osteomyelitis is uncommon, and in the immunocompetent host, is more often related to a chronic evolution following direct inoculation of the microorganism.