TY - JOUR
T1 - Mycobacterium szulgai Chronic Multifocal Osteomyelitis in an Adolescent With Inherited STAT1 Deficiency
AU - Shamriz, Oded
AU - Engelhard, Dan
AU - Rajs, Andrea Psorn
AU - Kaidar-Shwartz, Hasia
AU - Casanova, Jean-Laurent
AU - Averbuch, Diana
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - We report a 17-year-old patient with inherited STAT1 deficiency, who was diagnosed with Mycobacterium szulgai chronic multifocal osteomyelitis and responded well to the therapy with ethambutol, rifampicin and azithromycin. Seven other reported cases of M. szulgai osteomyelitis are reviewed. This is the first description of M. szulgai osteomyelitis in an adolescent with a primary immunodeficiency.
AB - We report a 17-year-old patient with inherited STAT1 deficiency, who was diagnosed with Mycobacterium szulgai chronic multifocal osteomyelitis and responded well to the therapy with ethambutol, rifampicin and azithromycin. Seven other reported cases of M. szulgai osteomyelitis are reviewed. This is the first description of M. szulgai osteomyelitis in an adolescent with a primary immunodeficiency.
U2 - 10.1097/01.inf.0000437067.43859.4c
DO - 10.1097/01.inf.0000437067.43859.4c
M3 - Article
SN - 0891-3668
VL - 32
SP - 1345
EP - 1347
JO - The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal
JF - The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal
IS - 12
ER -