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Acute Osteomyelitis of the Acetabulum Induced by Staphylococcus Capitis in a Young Athlete

by
Seiji Fukuda
*,
Keisuke Wada
,
Kenji Yasuda
,
Junji Iwasa
and
Seiji Yamaguchi
Department of Pediatrics, and Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Shimane University School of Medicine, Shimane, Japan
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Pediatr. Rep. 2010, 2(1), e2; https://doi.org/10.4081/pr.2010.e2
Submission received: 24 December 2009 / Revised: 24 December 2009 / Accepted: 3 February 2010 / Published: 8 March 2010

Abstract

Acute hematogenous osteomyelitis (AHOM) of the acetabulum is a rare condition in children and usually caused by Staphylococcus aureus. We present an 11-year-old soccer athlete who suffered from acute osteomyelitis involving the acetabulum caused by S. capitis, a normal flora of the human skin but never reported in this condition. The disease was associated with repetitive skin injuries of the knee and potential osseous microtrauma of the hip joint by frequent rigorous exercise. This unusual case suggests that osseous microtrauma of the acetabulum, in addition to repetitive skin injuries, allowed normal skin flora to colonize to the ipsilateral acetabulum, which served as a favorable niche and subsequently led to AHOM.
Keywords: acute osteomyelitis; acetabulum; osseous microtrauma; pre-existing trauma; Staphylococcus capitis acute osteomyelitis; acetabulum; osseous microtrauma; pre-existing trauma; Staphylococcus capitis

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Fukuda, S.; Wada, K.; Yasuda, K.; Iwasa, J.; Yamaguchi, S. Acute Osteomyelitis of the Acetabulum Induced by Staphylococcus Capitis in a Young Athlete. Pediatr. Rep. 2010, 2, e2. https://doi.org/10.4081/pr.2010.e2

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Fukuda S, Wada K, Yasuda K, Iwasa J, Yamaguchi S. Acute Osteomyelitis of the Acetabulum Induced by Staphylococcus Capitis in a Young Athlete. Pediatric Reports. 2010; 2(1):e2. https://doi.org/10.4081/pr.2010.e2

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Fukuda, Seiji, Keisuke Wada, Kenji Yasuda, Junji Iwasa, and Seiji Yamaguchi. 2010. "Acute Osteomyelitis of the Acetabulum Induced by Staphylococcus Capitis in a Young Athlete" Pediatric Reports 2, no. 1: e2. https://doi.org/10.4081/pr.2010.e2

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Fukuda, S., Wada, K., Yasuda, K., Iwasa, J., & Yamaguchi, S. (2010). Acute Osteomyelitis of the Acetabulum Induced by Staphylococcus Capitis in a Young Athlete. Pediatric Reports, 2(1), e2. https://doi.org/10.4081/pr.2010.e2

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