Qadir Maqbool, Ali Syed Rehan, Lakhani Mumtaz, Hashmi Pervaiz, Amirali Ahsen
Department of Pediatrics, Aga Khan University Hospital.
J Pak Med Assoc. 2010 Sep;60(9):769-71.
Osteomyelitis in newborn infants is a rare infection. Lower extremity joints are commonly affected. Most of the cases have a haematogenous spread. Aerobes are the common group of organism involved, of which Staphylococcus aureus is the commonest. Klebsiella osteomyelitis has been reported as a cause of Osteomyelitis. However, to the best of our knowledge, this is the first case report of Klebsiella pneumoniae associated osteomyelitis in an infant from Pakistan.
新生儿骨髓炎是一种罕见的感染。下肢关节常受影响。大多数病例通过血行传播。需氧菌是常见的感染菌群,其中金黄色葡萄球菌最为常见。已有报道称克雷伯菌骨髓炎是骨髓炎的病因之一。然而,据我们所知,这是巴基斯坦首例关于婴儿肺炎克雷伯菌相关性骨髓炎的病例报告。