A child with acute myeloid leukemia complicated by calcaneal osteomyelitis due to Mycobacterium abscessus infection after induction chemotherapy successfully salvaged with bedaquiline and clofazimine

Our patient was a 4-year-old female with acute myeloid leukemia complicated with right calcaneal osteomyelitis due to Mycobacterium abscessus with subcutaneous abscesses extending to the popliteal and groin regions after two courses of induction chemotherapy according to NOPHO-AML 2012 protocol. She...

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Main Authors: Wilson Yau-Ki Chan, Pak-Leung Ho, Kelvin Kai-Wang To, Albert Ying-Lee Lam, Kenneth Wai-Yip Ho, Tak-Wing Lau, Noah Lok-Wah So, Shau-Yin Ha
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-02-01
Series:International Journal of Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971220323067