{"title":"Unveiling the uncommon: A rare case report of osteomyelitis caused by Enterococcus avium","authors":"Priya Sreenivasan , Rishin Raj , J. Kumaravel , Deepak Kumar , Archana Angrup","doi":"10.1016/j.ijmmb.2025.100818","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Osteomyelitis is an infection or inflammation of the bone. Infection of an intact bone is very rare, and osteomyelitis most often follows a fracture or surgery. <em>Staphylococcus aureus</em> is the most common organism implicated in cases of osteomyelitis. <em>Enterococcus</em> species are being increasingly reported worldwide for causing nosocomial and community-acquired infections. Despite a few reports of osteomyelitis by <em>Enterococcus faecalis</em> and <em>Enterococcus faecium,</em> osteomyelitis by <em>Enterococcus avium</em> is rarely reported in the literature. We hereby present a case of a 68-year-old male who presented with chronic osteomyelitis of the right tibia caused by <em>Enterococcus avium</em> with a successful outcome.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":13284,"journal":{"name":"Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology","volume":"54 ","pages":"Article 100818"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3000,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology","FirstCategoryId":"3","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0255085725000313","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"IMMUNOLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Osteomyelitis is an infection or inflammation of the bone. Infection of an intact bone is very rare, and osteomyelitis most often follows a fracture or surgery. Staphylococcus aureus is the most common organism implicated in cases of osteomyelitis. Enterococcus species are being increasingly reported worldwide for causing nosocomial and community-acquired infections. Despite a few reports of osteomyelitis by Enterococcus faecalis and Enterococcus faecium, osteomyelitis by Enterococcus avium is rarely reported in the literature. We hereby present a case of a 68-year-old male who presented with chronic osteomyelitis of the right tibia caused by Enterococcus avium with a successful outcome.
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