Open AccessReciprocal hematogenous osteomyelitis of the femurs caused by Anaerococcus prevotii: A case report
Author(s) -
Karolina Daunaraite,
Valentinas Uvarovas,
Donatas Ulevičius,
Tomas Sveikata,
Giedrius Petryla,
Jaunius Kurtinaitis,
Igoris Šatkauskas
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
world journal of clinical cases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.368
H-Index - 10
ISSN - 2307-8960
DOI - 10.12998/wjcc.v9.i4.830
Subject(s) - medicine , osteomyelitis , femur , reciprocal , surgery , linguistics , philosophy
Haematogenous osteomyelitis is an extremely rare disease occurring in adults, especially in developed countries. It is clearly a systemic infection, because bacteraemia spreads over proximal and distal long bones or paravertebral plexuses, resulting in acute or chronic bone infection and destruction.