Burkholderia cepacia infection in an infant affected by renal osteodystrophy

Andrea Sambri; Matteo Cadossi; Antonio Mazzotti; Giuseppe Tedesco; Pierluigi Viale; Sandro Giannini

doi:10.4081/mm.2016.5671

Burkholderia cepacia infection in an infant affected by renal osteodystrophy

https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2016.5671

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Vol. 31 No. 1 (2016)

Submitted: 5 December 2015
Accepted: 18 January 2016

Published: 31 March 2016

Burkholderia cepacia infection, infant, osteodystrophy, end-stage renal disease

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Andrea Sambri
andrea_sambri@libero.it
Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute, Bologna, Italy.
Matteo Cadossi Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute, Bologna, Italy.
Antonio Mazzotti Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute, Bologna, Italy.
Giuseppe Tedesco Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute, Bologna, Italy.
Pierluigi Viale Department of Infectious Diseases, Sant’Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, Bologna, Italy.
Sandro Giannini Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute, Bologna, Italy.

We report a case of chronic osteomyelitis caused by Burkholderia cepacia presenting with multiple bone localizations in an infant affected by end-stage renal disease. In order to avoid the amputation of the extremities, a salvage procedure was attempted: all lesions were curetted completely and filled in with bone cement. At 24 months follow-up all lesions are completely healed.

Sambri, A., Cadossi, M., Mazzotti, A., Tedesco, G., Viale, P., & Giannini, S. (2016). Burkholderia cepacia infection in an infant affected by renal osteodystrophy. Microbiologia Medica, 31(1). https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2016.5671