Vertebral Osteomyelitis Due to Infection with Nontuberculous Mycobacterium Species after Blunt Trauma to the Back: 3 Examples of the Principle of Locus Minoris Resistentiae | Zendy

Edward D. Chan | Zendy; P.-M. Kong | Zendy; Kevin P. Fennelly | Zendy; Anthony P. Dwyer | Zendy; M D Iseman | Zendy

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Vertebral Osteomyelitis Due to Infection with Nontuberculous Mycobacterium Species after Blunt Trauma to the Back: 3 Examples of the Principle of Locus Minoris Resistentiae

Author(s) -

Edward D. Chan,

P.-M. Kong,

Kevin P. Fennelly,

Anthony P. Dwyer,

M D Iseman

Publication year - 2001

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1086/320155

Subject(s) - osteomyelitis , nontuberculous mycobacteria , medicine , vertebral osteomyelitis , blunt trauma , locus (genetics) , blunt , surgery , microbiology and biotechnology , mycobacterium , pathology , biology , genetics , tuberculosis , gene

Osteomyelitis due to infection with nontuberculous mycobacterial organisms is unusual, especially in the absence of nonpenetrating trauma. We describe 3 patients with vertebral osteomyelitis due to infection with nontuberculous mycobacterial organisms that was precipitated by blunt trauma; these 3 unusual cases illustrate the principle of locus minoris resistentiae.

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