Subacute osteomyelitis caused by Fusobacterium nucleatum in a healthy child
Corresponding Author
Sulaiman Almuzam
Department of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Correspondence: Dr Sulaiman Almuzam, Department of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Cnr Hawkesbury Road and Hainsworth Street, Westmead, Sydney, NSW 2145, Australia. Fax: +61298453291; email: [email protected]
Search for more papers by this authorAnnaleise R Howard-Jones
Department of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Search for more papers by this authorOliver Birke
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Search for more papers by this authorHelen Doyle
Department of Histopathology, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Search for more papers by this authorAlison M Kesson
Department of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Search for more papers by this authorBen J Marais
Department of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Search for more papers by this authorCorresponding Author
Sulaiman Almuzam
Department of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Correspondence: Dr Sulaiman Almuzam, Department of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Cnr Hawkesbury Road and Hainsworth Street, Westmead, Sydney, NSW 2145, Australia. Fax: +61298453291; email: [email protected]
Search for more papers by this authorAnnaleise R Howard-Jones
Department of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Search for more papers by this authorOliver Birke
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Search for more papers by this authorHelen Doyle
Department of Histopathology, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Search for more papers by this authorAlison M Kesson
Department of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Search for more papers by this authorBen J Marais
Department of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Search for more papers by this authorConflict of interest: None declared.
References
- 1Cherry JD, Harrison GJ, Kaplan SL, Hotez PJ, Steinbach WJ. Feigin and Cherry's Textbook of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, 7th edn. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier/Saunders; 2014.
- 2 American Academy of Pediatrics, Committee on Infectious Diseases, Kimberlin DW, Brady MT, Jackson MA, Long SS. Red Book: 2018-2021 Report of the Committee on Infectious Diseases. Itasca, IL: American Academy of Pediatrics; 2018.
- 3Brook I. Fusobacterial infections in children. J. Infect. 1994; 28: 155–65.
- 4Kroon E, Arents NA, Halbertsma FJ. Septic arthritis and osteomyelitis in a 10-year-old boy, caused by Fusobacterium nucleatum, diagnosed with PCR/16S ribosomal bacterial DNA amplification. BMJ Case Rep. 2012; 2012: bcr1220115335.
- 5Murray SJ, Lieberman JM. Fusobacterium osteomyelitis in a child with sickle cell disease. Pediatr. Infect. Dis. J. 2002; 21: 979–81.
- 6Beauchamp RD, Cimolai N. Osteomyelitis of the pelvis due to Fusobacterium nucleatum. Can. J. Surg. 1991; 34: 618–20.
- 7Budd E, Johnson DS, Thomas E, Sadarangani M. Subacute osteomyelitis of the femur due to Fusobacterium nucleatum in a 7-year-old boy. Pediatr. Infect. Dis. J. 2015; 34: 324–6.
- 8Brook I. Two cases of diskitis attributable to anaerobic bacteria in children. Pediatrics 2001; 107: E26.
