Osteomyelitis due to Nontuberculous Mycobacterium in Immunocompetent Children: Report of Two Cases.
10.4055/jkoa.2009.44.6.686
- Author:
Jung Yun BAE
1
;
In Ho CHOI
;
Jung Ryul KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. inhoc@snu.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Nontuberculous mycobacterium;
Osteomyelitis
- MeSH:
Arthritis, Juvenile Rheumatoid;
Child;
Epiphyses;
Humans;
Inflammation;
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria;
Osteomyelitis;
Preschool Child
- From:The Journal of the Korean Orthopaedic Association
2009;44(6):686-690
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Osteomyelitis caused by nontuberculous mycobacterium (NTM) is rare in immunocompetent children, and is often difficult to differentiate from a bone tumor, juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, soft-tissue inflammation and subacute osteomyelitis. We report NTM osteomyelitis in immunocompetent children that developed at the left distal femoral epiphysis in a 24-month-old boy and at both tali in a 7-year-old boy.
