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Volume 26, Number 11—November 2020
Research Letter

Osteomyelitis Due to Mycobacterium goodii in an Adolescent, United States

Alejandro Diaz, Monica I. Ardura, Huanyu Wang, Stella Antonara, and Christopher P. OuelletteComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Nationwide Children’s Hospital and The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA (A. Diaz, M.I. Ardura, H. Wang, C.P. Ouellette); Riverside Methodist Hospital, Columbus (S. Antonara)

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Timeline of laboratory values, surgical interventions, notification of pertinent culture results, and antimicrobial drug therapy in a case of osteomyelitis due to Mycobacterium goodii in an adolescent, United States. White boxes represent periods of hospitalization. Gray arrows indicate dates of surgical intervention with cultures obtained and femoral hardware retained. Solid black arrow indicates surgical intervention with cultures obtained and femoral hardware removed. Shaded arrow indicates interventional radiology aspiration of subcutaneous fluid collection with cultures obtained. Shaded diamond indicates first notification of nontuberculous mycobacterium growth. Solid gray diamond indicates first notification of M. goodii by 16S and secA1 sequencing. Solid black diamond indicates first notification of susceptibility results for M. goodii. AZ, azithromycin; CRP, C-reactive protein; ESR, erythrocyte sedimentation rate; Hgb, hemoglobin; NTM, nontuberculous mycobacteria.

Figure. Timeline of laboratory values, surgical interventions, notification of pertinent culture results, and antimicrobial drug therapy in a case of osteomyelitis due to Mycobacterium goodii in an adolescent, United States. White boxes represent periods of hospitalization. Gray arrows indicate dates of surgical intervention with cultures obtained and femoral hardware retained. Solid black arrow indicates surgical intervention with cultures obtained and femoral hardware removed. Shaded arrow indicates interventional radiology aspiration of subcutaneous fluid collection with cultures obtained. Shaded diamond indicates first notification of nontuberculous mycobacterium growth. Solid gray diamond indicates first notification of M. goodii by 16S and secA1 sequencing. Solid black diamond indicates first notification of susceptibility results for M. goodii. AZ, azithromycin; CRP, C-reactive protein; ESR, erythrocyte sedimentation rate; Hgb, hemoglobin; NTM, nontuberculous mycobacteria.

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