Cover Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association
Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association
ISSN:
8750-7315
Online Publication Date:
Jun 1996

Mycobacterial skeletal infection of the foot. A case report

BJ Nicklas American College of Foot and Ankle-Surgeons, Cleveland, OH, USA.

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L Osher American College of Foot and Ankle-Surgeons, Cleveland, OH, USA.

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DK Latta American College of Foot and Ankle-Surgeons, Cleveland, OH, USA.

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https://doi.org/10.7547/87507315-86-6-280
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Peripheral skeletal infections caused by Mycobacterium are widely reported in the literature. Unfamiliarity with this disease, or oversight caused by inexperience may result in failure to thoroughly investigate the presence of this organism. An unusual case of tuberculous osteomyelitis involving the second digit of the foot is presented. The authors emphasize the importance of including cultures of acid-fast bacillus in the work-up of atypical infectious processes of the foot and ankle, and include Mycobacterium in their differential until it is positively ruled out. An in-depth radiologic review is included.

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