Successful treatment of Mycobacterium ulcerans osteomyelitis with minor surgical debridement and prolonged rifampicin and ciprofloxacin therapy: a case report

Introduction Treatment for osteomyelitis-complicating Mycobacterium ulcerans infection typically requires extensive surgery and even amputation, with no reported benefit from adjunctive antibiotics. Case presentation We report a case of an 87-year-old woman with M. ulcerans osteomyelitis that resolv...
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Introduction Treatment for osteomyelitis-complicating Mycobacterium ulcerans infection typically requires extensive surgery and even amputation, with no reported benefit from adjunctive antibiotics. Case presentation We report a case of an 87-year-old woman with M. ulcerans osteomyelitis that resolved following limited surgical debridement and 6 months of therapy with rifampicin and ciprofloxacin. Conclusion M. ulcerans osteomyelitis can be successfully treated with limited surgical debridement and adjunctive oral antibiotics. Ausführliche Beschreibung