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Primary Sternal Osteomyelitis -A case report-  

Yi In-Ho (Department of Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery, College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University)
Youn Hyo-Chul (Department of Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery, College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University)
Kim Dae-Hyun (Department of Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery, East West Neo Medical Center, Kyung Hee University)
Kim Soo-Cheol (Department of Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery, College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University)
Cho Kyu-Seok (Department of Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery, College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University)
Park Joo-Chul (Department of Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery, College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University)
Kwak Young-Tae (Department of Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery, East West Neo Medical Center, Kyung Hee University)
Kim Bum-Shik (Department of Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery, College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University)
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Journal of Chest Surgery / v.39, no.4, 2006 , pp. 340-342 More about this Journal
Abstract
Primary sternal osteomyelitis is a rare disease. Primary sternal osteomyelitis occurring during childhood is extremely rare; therefore, only eleven cases have been reported in the English language literatures. The predisposing factors of primary sternal osteomyelitis are malnutrition, immune deficiency, intravenous injection, blunt chest trauma, and sickle cell anemia. Drainage of pus with antibiotic therapy is the treatment of choice. We report a case of primary sternal osteomyelitis occurred in a 16-year old boy, who had no predisposing factors, with review of literatures.
Keywords
Infection; Sternum;
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