Post-traumatic chronic bone and joint infection caused by Butyricimonas spp, and treated with high doses of ertapenem administered subcutaneously in a 30-year-old obese man

BMJ Case Rep. 2015 Oct 13:2015:bcr2015212359. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2015-212359.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Accidents, Traffic
  • Administration, Cutaneous
  • Adult
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Arm Injuries / complications*
  • Bacteria*
  • Bone Diseases / drug therapy
  • Bone Diseases / microbiology*
  • Ertapenem
  • Fractures, Open / complications
  • Fractures, Open / microbiology*
  • Humans
  • Infections / drug therapy
  • Infections / microbiology*
  • Joint Diseases / drug therapy
  • Joint Diseases / microbiology*
  • Male
  • beta-Lactams / therapeutic use*

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • beta-Lactams
  • Ertapenem