PMID: 3760177Sep 1, 1986Paper

Primary osteomyelitis caused by coagulase-negative staphylococci

Journal of Pediatric Orthopedics
D PaleyC G Prober

Abstract

Coagulase-negative staphylococci (CONS) are occasionally cultured from foci of osteomyelitis in otherwise healthy individuals and are usually regarded as contaminants. The present report describes two children with subacute osteomyelitis of the distal tibia in which pure cultures of CONS were obtained from bone. In one patient, the infection was multifocal, and CONS were isolated from two anatomical sites at two different times. In the other patient, the infection was unifocal, and CONS were cultured from two separate specimens obtained from the same site. In both patients, the symptoms progressed until appropriate antibiotic treatment was initiated. CONS isolated from cultures of bone should not automatically be disregarded. Appropriate antibiotic therapy may result in clinical resolution.

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