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Reminder of important clinical lesson
Salmonella pelvic osteomyelitis in an immunocompetent child
  1. Clementina Canessa1,
  2. Sandra Trapani1,
  3. Domenico Campanacci2,
  4. Elena Chiappini1,
  5. Mariangela Maglione1,
  6. Massimo Resti1
  1. 1Department of Pediatrics, Anna Meyer Children Hospital, Florence, Italy
  2. 2Department of Orthopedic Oncology, Orthopedic Center, Florence, Italy
  1. Correspondence to Dr Clementina Canessa, clecle81{at}hotmail.com

Summary

A case of Salmonella enteritidis osteomyelitis isolated from the pelvis in a healthy adolescent is reported. Pelvis osteomyelitis is rare in childhood. Moreover, salmonella, typically responsible for bone infection in sickle cell anaemia, is unusually involved in healthy children. Salmonella should be considered among aetiological agents. Antibiotic treatment alone may be successful; however, sometimes, surgical drainage is required.

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