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Non-typhoidal Salmonella Osteomyelitis in the Midfoot of a Healthy Child and Review of the Literature
| Ankhi Dutta1* and Coburn H Allen2 | ||
| 1Department of Pediatrics, Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Brazos Valley Community Action Agency, College Station, Texas, USA | ||
| 2Department of Pediatrics, Department of Pediatric Emergency Medicine and Infectious Diseases, University of Texas Southwestern at Austin, Texas, USA | ||
| Corresponding Author : | Ankhi Dutta, MD, MPH Department of Pediatrics Pediatric Infectious Diseases Brazos Valley Community Action Agency Rock Prairie Road, Suite 102 College Station, Texas 77845, USA Tel: 979-693-7400 Fax: 979-695-7448 E-mail: ankhidutta@gmail.com |
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| Received March 25, 2013; Accepted May 10, 2013; Published May 15, 2013 | ||
| Citation: Dutta A, Allen CH (2013) Non-typhoidal Salmonella Osteomyelitis in the Midfoot of a Healthy Child and Review of the Literature. J Infect Dis Ther 1:107. doi:10.4172/2332-0877.1000107 | ||
| Copyright: © 2013 Dutta A, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. | ||
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Abstract
Background: Salmonella osteomyelitis in children is rare, and has mostly been described in children with sickle cell disease. The long bones of the extremities are most commonly affected.
Case Report: We present a unique case of Salmonella (non-typhoidal) osteomyelitis, affecting the tarsal bones of the foot of a previously healthy 4 year old child, likely contracted from a pet turtle.
