Fulminant Spread of a Femur Anaerobic Osteomyelitis to Abdomen in a 17-Year-Old Boy
The American Journal of Orthopedics. 2012 February;41(2):84-86
February 1, 2012|Pediatrics
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To our knowledge, distant spread of infection in anaerobic osteomyelitis has not been described before. In this article, we report a case of anaerobic osteomyelitis of femur with fulminant spread of infection to the abdomen in a 17-year-old boy with no predisposing medical factors and minimal bone involvement.
