1
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11*
|
27/M
|
None
|
History of furunculosis Contact with gym facilities
|
Leg pain and fever
|
Femur osteomyelitis
|
Bone
|
+
|
Vancomycin −8 weeks Surgical debridement
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Recovered and no relapse during follow-up
|
2
|
11 *
|
37/M
|
Hepatitis C Hypertension
|
History of furunculosis Contact with children with ‘skin bumps’
|
Leg pain and fever
|
Femur osteomyelitis
|
Bone
|
+
|
Vancomycin- 8 weeks Surgical debridement
|
Recovered and no relapse during follow-up
|
IVDU
|
3
|
12
|
45/M
|
None
|
NA
|
Right hemithorax pain and swelling Fever
|
First rib osteomyelitis, pyomyositis, thoracic wall abscesses, septicaemia
|
Bone, blood, pus and tissue
|
+
|
Clindamycin, tobramycin+ linezolide, vancomycin (given at different times for 6 weeks)
|
Recovered
|
Surgical debridements Abscess drainage
|
4
|
13 *
|
34/M
|
None
|
Axillary furuncle
|
Thigh pain
|
Femur osteomyelitis, bacteraemia
|
Bone and blood
|
NA
|
Vancomycin +rifampicin
|
Recovered and no relapse during follow-up
|
– 12 weeks
|
Surgical debridement Intramedullary rod
|
5
|
14 *
|
46/F
|
Hypertension
|
History of furunculosis in patient and daughter
|
Arm pain
|
Humerus osteomyelitis with pathological fracture
|
Bone
|
NA
|
Vancomycin+ rifampicin (various combination total of 16 weeks)
|
Recovered and no relapse during follow-up
|
Surgical debridement
|
ORIF
|
6
|
14
|
28/F
|
Hepatitis C
|
History of furunculosis Subcutaneous heroin injection
|
Thigh pain and swelling
|
Femur osteomyelitis, pyomyositis, and bacteraemia
|
Bone and blood
|
NA
|
Vancomycin, linezolide, daptomycin (various combination)
|
Recovered and no relapse during follow-up
|
ORIF
|
Surgical debridement
|
7
|
15
|
22/M
|
None
|
Elbow cellulitis Works at military base
|
Knee and thigh pain Fever
|
Femur osteomyelitis. septic arthritis of knee bacteraemia, thigh abscess, endocarditis, septic lung emboli, deep vein thrombosis
|
Wound and blood
|
+
|
Vancomycin + clindamycin,
|
Survived with disabilities
|
Vancomycin + linezolid (various combination- total of 8 weeks)
|
Incision and drainage
|
8
|
16
|
46/M
|
Hepatitis C with cirrhosis
|
IVDU
|
Back pain and fever
|
Lumbar osteomyelitis, pyomyositis of paraspinal and psoas muscle, spinal epidural abscess, bacteraemia
|
Blood and pus
|
NA
|
Abscess drainage
|
Recovered and no relapse during follow-up
|
Surgical debridement Vancomycin- 6 weeks
|
9
|
Present*
|
28/M
|
None
|
Extensive direct contact with deer
|
Thigh pain and swelling Fever
|
Femur osteomyelitis, septic arthritis of knee pyomyositis bacteraemia
|
Bone, blood, pus and tissue
|
+
|
Abscess drainage Arthrotomy
|
Recovered and no relapse during follow-up
|
Case
| |
|
Surgical debridement Vancomycin+fusidic Fusidic + rifampicin- 6 months
|
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Consumed deer meet
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